Sodium Azide → 6(Triphenylmethylamino)-2,2-dimethyl-3-(5-tetrazolyl)penam

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A mixture of 6-triphenylmethylamino-2,2-dimethyl-3-cyanopenam (10 g. 0.0193mole) sodium azide (7.41 g., 0.114 mole), N-methylpiperidine hydrochloride (3.39 g., 0.025 mole) and chloroform (100 ml.) is refluxed for four hours in a round-bottomed flask equipped with stirrer, condenser, and drying tube. The reaction mixture is then cooled and water (300 ml.) and chloroform (100 ml.) added. The mixture is thoroughly mixed, the chloroform layer separated and washed successively with 1N hydrochloric acid (100 ml.) and saturated brine (100 ml.). It is then filtered quickly through anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to about 75 ml. Hexane (20 ml.) is added to the concentrate to precipitatethe product as white crystals. The crystals are recovered by filtration, washed with 20% hexane-methylene chloride (50 ml.) and dried in vacuo at room temperature. Yield = 2.7 g. (29.6%) m.p. 133=136° C.

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