Quinoline → Isoquinoline
Reaction equation
CC(OCC1CS[C@@H]2[C@H](NC(CCC[C@@H](N)C(O)=O)=O)C(=O)N2C=1C(O)=O)=O.[N:29]1[C:38]2[C:33](=[CH:34][CH:35]=[CH:36][CH:37]=2)[CH:32]=[CH:31][CH:30]=1>[Cl-].[Na+]>[CH:38]1[C:33]2[C:32](=[CH:37][CH:36]=[CH:35][CH:34]=2)[CH:31]=[CH:30][N:29]=1Participants
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Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
15 ml of the remaining reaction solution were diluted with 5% sodium chloride solution to make 30 ml (corresponds to 0.5% solution calculated as cephalosporin C). After adding 0.22 ml of quinoline to the solution, the mixture was adjusted to pH 3.0 and stirred at 5 - 10° C. Very soon crystals are separated out. The crystals were collected after an hour, washed with ice-water and with ethyl acetate and dried in vacuo. 226 mg of isoquinoline adduct of N-methylthioacetyl-cephalosporin C having 97% purity were obtained.