Chlorotrimethylsilane → HCID 88720763, compound

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To a suspension of 7-amino-3-methylceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acid (7.76 g., 0.036 mole) in anhydrous THF at 0°, cooled in an ice-bath, was added trimethylchlorosilane (7.8 g., 9.07 ml., 2 equivalents) and triethylamine (7.3 g., 10 ml., 2 equivalents). After 10 minutes the ice-bath was removed and the mixture left at ambient temperature for 2 hours. To the mixture was added two equivalents of acetic formic mixed anhydride and the mixture was allowed to stand at ambient temperature for a further 1.5 hours. Water (5 ml.) was added, the precipitated triethylamine hydrochloride was filtered off and the filtrate evaporated on a rotatory evaporator. THF (50 ml.) was added to the residual oil and the solution was esterified with diphenyldiazomethane. The product was purified by chromatography on silica using CH2Cl2 /ether 1:1 v/v as eluant to give diphenylmethyl 7-formylamino-3-methylceph-3-em-4-carboxylate.

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