New classes of antibacterial oxazolidinones with C-5, methylene O-linked heterocyclic side chains.

Exploration of the structure-activity relationships of the traditional C-5 acetamidomethyl side chain of the oxazolidonone antibacterials has yielded new, potent series of compounds of which the first examples, the O-linked iosoxazoles are described in detail, leading to the selection of the pre-clinical candidate AZD2563.