2,2,2-Trichloroethyl chloroformate → HCID 70611649, compound

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A mixture of 4.855 gms. (10 mmol.) of p-nitrobenzyl 6-phenoxyacetamido-2,2-dimethylpenam-3-carboxylate, 16.94 gms. (80 mmol.) of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl chloroformate, 18 ml. of N,O-(bis-trimethylsilyl)trifluoromethylacetamide, and 20ml. of methylene chloride was prepared. The mixture was permitted to stand at room temperature overnight. The mixture then was heated at reflux for 7 hours after which it was again permitted to stand at room temperature overnight. Heating then was continued for an additional 6 hours. The mixture then was evaporated to a residue, and the residue was dissolved in benzene which then was added to a large excess of heptane. The resulting insoluble material was filtered off, dissolved in benzene, and chromatographed over silica gel using a benzene-ethyl acetate elution gradient. p-Nitrobenzyl 6-[N-(phenoxyacetyl)-N-(2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl)amino]-2,2-dimethylpenam-3-carboxylate (4.76 gms.; 72 percent) was obtained as product.

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