7-Aminocephalosporanic acid → 7-Amino-3-methoxymethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

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Reaction Steps

To 10 ml of sulfolane were added 1.41 g of 7-ACA, 0.99 g of ferric chloride, 5.00 g of zinc chloride and 0.92 ml of methyl orthoformate. The mixture was heated at 50° C. for 6 hours to advance a reaction. After completion of the reaction, substantially the same procedure as in Example 1 was repeated, to thereby obtain a desired product, namely 7-amino-3-methoxymethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid. The amount of the desired product was 0.81 g. The yield of the desired product was 64%.

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