Water → 2,2,2-Trichloroethyl 2-(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thiomethyl-2-methyl-6-(2-phenylacetamido)-penam-3-carboxylate

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5-Methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thiol (0.20 g) and sodium bicarbonate (0.85 g) were dissolved in formamide (7 ml). To this solution was added 2,2,2-trichloroethyl 2-bromomethyl-2-methyl-6-(2-phenylacetamido)-penam-3-carboxylate (0.54 g), and the mixture was stirred for 5 hours at room temperature. To the reaction mixture was added water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with a saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution and then with water and thereafter dried over magnesium sulfate. The residue obtained by distilling off the solvent was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using chloroform as developing solvent to give oily 2,2,2-trichloroethyl 2-(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thiomethyl-2-methyl-6-(2-phenylacetamido)penam-3-carboxylate (0.20 g) from the third fraction of fractions each of which was separated into about 30 ml.

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