Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... An enantioselective synthesis of the new, orally absorbable, totally synthetic β-lactam antibiotic, loracarbef (LY163892/KT3777) is described. ... Satisfactory spectral and analytical data were obtained for all new compounds; the diastereomeric excess for compound 11 ...