7 beta -[2-Amino-2-(benzothien-4,5,6, and 7-yl)acetylamino]-3-substituted-3-cepham-4-carboxylic acids and 7 beta -[2-amino-2-(2,3-dihydrobenzothien-4,5,6, and 7 yl)acetylamino]-3H- or 3-substituted-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acids (1), e.g. 7 beta -[2-amino-2-(benzothien-4-yl)acetylamino]-3-methyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid, are orally effective antibiotics. Also provided are benzothienyl oximino compounds, the corresponding 2,3-dihydro compounds (2) useful as intermediates to (1) and as antibiotics, as well as 7 beta -(2,2-dialkyl-5-oxo-4-benzothienyl-1-imidazolidinyl)-3H-(3-substituted )-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acids and the corresponding 2,3-dihydro compounds (3) useful as antibiotics, and prepared with (1) by condensation with ketones. Pharmaceutical formulations of antibiotic compounds (1), (2), and (3) are provided.
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