p-Nitrobenzyl 2-(4-ethylthio-2-oxo-1-azetidinyl)-2-chloroacetate → p-Nitrobenzyl 2-(4-ethylthio-2-oxo-1-azetidinyl)-2-[2-ethoxyethylthio(thiocarbonyl)thio]acetate

A solution of 3.58 g potassium 2-ethoxyethyl trithiocarbonate and 3.7 g benzyltriethylammonium chloride in 100 ml methylene chloride was cooled to 0° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere and a solution of 5.3 g of p-nitrobenzyl 2-(4-ethylthio-2-oxo-1-azetidinyl)-2-chloroacetate in 50 ml methylene chloride was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour, then washed with three 50 ml portions of water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to an oil. (8.6 g). The crude product was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 5% ethyl acetate in chloroform to yield 2.3 g of the title compound as an oil. The IR spectrum of a chloroform solution of the title compound had an absorption at 5.65 micron; and the NMR spectrum in deuterochloroform showed peeks at 1.2(m, 6H); 2.34-3.77(c, 10H); 4.7,4.98(m, 1H); 5.26(s, 2H); 6.62, 6.86(s, 1H); 7.43(m, 2H); and 8.16(m, 2H). ppm.

1. washwashed with three 50 ml portions of water
2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
3. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo to an oil
4. customThe crude product was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 5% ethyl acetate in chloroform

ORD record

ord-5cd096596a2f40b4833d1c38618339f5

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1988_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US04725678