Dimethyl Sulfoxide → benzhydryl (2S,3R,5R)-3-formyl-3-methyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylate

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

100 ml of dichloromethane were treated with 0.84 ml (9.6 mmol) of oxalyl chloride under argon and cooled to -60° C. Thereto there were added dropwise 0.73 ml (10.25 mmol) of DMSO, followed by 2.5 g (6.52 mmol) of benzhydryl (2S,3R,5R)-3-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-aza-bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylate dissolved in 100 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 3 hours and then 3.2 ml (23.0 mmol) of triethylamine were added. The cooling bath was removed and the mixture was left to warm to room temperature. The orange solution was poured into 1000 ml of 0.2N hydrochloric acid and the aqueous phase was extracted twice with dichloromethane. The organic phases were washed with water and saturated, aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The thus-obtained product (2.50 g, 100%) can be processed without further purification or can be recrystallized from diethyl ether.

Provenance & Evidence