“…Among the various derivatives of azetidines, 3-substitutedazetidine is most important constituent in various therapeutic potential moieties . Especially, 1-benzhydrylazetidin-3-ol ( N -(diphenylmethyl)-3-azetidinol), 1 is a useful pharmaceutical intermediate which has been widely used in the synthesis of Dezinamide (antiepileptic drug), Azelnidipine (antihypertensive drug), D83-7676 (an oncolytic drug), azetidinyloxy analogues (antimicrobial agents), oral carbapenem antibiotics such as tebipenem (LJC-11,036), tebipenem pivoxil (L-084), and various 3-substituted azetidine derivatives (Figure ).…”