## Abstract Secondary and tertiary carboxylic methyl or ethyl esters (**2a‐c**) were converted with trimethylslylmethyllithium (**3a‐c**) in high yields. Under identical reaction conditions the primary esters **2d,e** gave **3d, e** in lower yields. Since the trimethylsilyl (TMS) group α to a keton
Conversion of Penicillin to Cephalosporin Lactones. Preliminary Communication
✍ Scribed by Kapa K. Prasad; Gérard Schmid; Theodor Petrzilka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Penicillin G (1, R CH~2~Ph) was converted to cephaloram‐ and 6‐epicephaloram lactones 11 and 12 respectively by the initial replacement of thiazolidine part of penicillin by the mercaptan 9 followed by intramolecular cyclization and subsequent introduction of double bond at C(3).
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## Abstract Condensation of azetidinone **1** with mercaptan **3** gave compound **5**. Bromination of **5** afforded two isomeric bromohydrins **11a** and **11b** which differ in the configuration at C(4). Acetylation and reduction with zinc and acetic acid of the above bromohydrins gave 7‐deamido
Acid I b was obtained from the ethyl ester [I] after alkaline hydrolysis, m.p. 175.0-180.0" (dec.) ' ) Note Added in Proof. -In the mean-time, some further examples of this reaction type have been published: L.