“…In our earlier studies, we have demonstrated the synthesis of selenoalkanoic acids useful as β-lactam precursors [31,32], novel 3-thio/seleno β-lactams and Lewis acid mediated functionalization [33][34][35][36][37][38][39], stereoselective cis-and trans-3-alkoxy-β-lactams [40], spirocyclic β-lactams [35,[41][42], (Z)-and (E)-3-allylidene-β-lactams [43], 3-keto-β-lactams [44] and bicyclic-β-lactams [45]. Recently, hybrid β-lactams I, II, III (Figure 1) with varied heterocyclic moieties have been shown to exhibit antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities [46][47][48].…”