Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 22105421, compound

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Reaction Steps

To an ice-cooled suspension of aluminum trichloride (0.400 g; 0.003 mole) in methylene chloride (15 mL) in a nitrogen stream a solution of 2-methoxy-3,3-dibromo-alpha-(1-methylethylidene)-4-oxo-1-azetidine acetic acid benzyl ester (0.447 g; 0.001 mole) and anisole (0.648 g; 0.65 mL, 0.006 mole) in methylene chloride (15 mL) was added and then it was stirred for half an hour at room temperature. Ethyl acetate (15 mL) and 0.1N hydrochloric acid (5 mL) were added to the reaction mixture and the layers were separated. The ethyl acetate layer was extracted with a 5% sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (2×20 mL) and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was acidified with 0.1N hydrochloric acid to pH 1, then fresh ethyl acetate (20 mL) and sodium chloride were added and the layers were again separated. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with a saturated salt solution, dried and evaporated to a dry residue to obtain 3,3-dibromo-2-methoxy-alpha-(1-methylethylidene)-4-oxo-1-azetidine acetic acid, which was identical to the one disclosed under 2a.

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