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

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To 10 ml of nitromethane were added 2.72 g of 7-ACA, 3.0 g of methanol, 10.0 g of zinc chloride and 3.1 g of antimony pentachloride. The mixture was heated at 50° C. for 25 min to advance a reaction. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was cooled to 5° C. To the reaction mixture was added 150 ml of water. Then, the mixture was adjusted to pH 7.5 with sodium bicarbonate at a temperature of from 0° C. to 5° C. The resulting precipitate was filtered off, and then washed with water. The filtrate was combined with the washings. To the resulting mixture was added 0.3 g of activated charcoal, and the mixture was stirred, followed by filtration. The resulting filtrate was adjusted to pH 3.5 with 36 % hydrochloric acid, and then concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure so that a precipitate was formed. The precipitate was collected by filtration, and washed with 10 ml of cold water and, then, with 10 ml of cold methanol to obtain the desired product, namely 7-amino-3-methoxymethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid. The amount of the desired product was 1.64 g. The yield of the desired product was 67 %.

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