Phenylacetyl chloride → HCID 178431926, compound

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A mixture of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (788 mg., 4.14 mmoles), acetone (35 ml.) and 6-triphenylmethylamino-2,2-dimethyl-3-(5-tetrazoly)penam (2.0g., 4.14 mmole) is stirred for twenty minutes at room temperature and is then diluted with water (100 ml.) and ispropylether (100 ml.). The biphasic mixture is stirred vigorously and adjusted to pH 7 with 2N sodium hydroxide. Phenylacetyl chloride (700 mg., 4.55 mmole freshly distilled) is added and the reaction mixture maintained at pH 5.5-6.5 by addition of 2N sodium hydroxide as necessary. Reaction is continued until the pH levels off at 6.5. The two phases are separated and the aqueous phase is washed with ether (2 × 50 ml.). Chloroform (100 ml.) is added and the pH is adjusted to 2 by addition of 6N HCl. The mixture is stirred, the phases separated and the aqueous phase extracted with chloroform (2 × 50 ml.). The chloroform phases are combined, dried (Na2SO 4), and then concentrated under reduced pressure to about 50 ml. volume. A 1:1 solution of ether-hexane is added dropwise with vigorous stirring until precipitation of the product is complete. The white precipitate is filtered and air-dried. The yield is 850 mg. (57.4%), m.p. 168°-170°. NMR (DMSO-d6): 7.30 (s, 5H), 5.80-5.42 (m, 2H), 5.28 (s, 1H), 3.60 (s, 2H), 1.68 (s, 3H) and 1.10 ppm (s, 3H).

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