Hydrochloric Acid → 7-Amino-3-(4-carboxypyridin-2-yl)thiomethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

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To a suspension of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (9.30 g) and disodium 2-sulfido-4-pyridinecarboxylate (6.80 g) in water (160 ml) was dropwise added sodium bicarbonate (5.73 g) at room temperature. To the resulting mixture was added a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate so that the pH was adjusted to 6.8. The resulting mixture was warmed to 65° C. and stirred for 1.5 hours during which period the temperature was allowed to rise from 65° to 75° C. The reaction mixture was cooled and then adjusted to pH 3.6 with 10% hydrochloric acid. The precipitates were collected by filtration, washed successively with water (x2), acetone (x2) and diethyl ether and then dried to give 7-amino-3-(4-carboxypyridin-2-yl)thiomethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (6.61 g).

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