Sodium Hydroxide → 7-[2-(2-Thienyl)acetamido]-3-[(2-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-s-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-yl)thiomethyl]-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

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In 100 ml of water was suspended 4.6 g of 7-amino-3-[(2-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-s-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin7-yl)thiomethyl]-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid obtained in Example 2, and a 2N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added to the suspension and the mixture was dissolved at a pH 7. To this solution was while stirring under ice-cooling added dropwise a solution of 1.93 g of 2-thienyl acetyl chloride in 20 ml of ether over one hour. During this time, a pH of the mixture was maintained to 7 to 7.5 by addition of a 2N aqueous sodium hydroxide. After stirring for further one hour, the reaction mixture was washed with ethyl acetate. The reaction mixture was adjusted to pH 2.5 with a 2N hydrochloric acid under ice-cooling and stirring, and precipitated crystals were collected by filtration, washed with water and dried to obtain 4.81 g of the title compound.

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