Triphenylphosphine → 2-[(3S,4R)-4-acetylthio-3-methoxy-2-oxoazetidin-1-yl]-2-triphenylphosphoranylideneacetic acid p-nitrobenzyl ester

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0.84 g of triphenylphosphine is added to a solution of 0.63 g of 2-[(3S,4R)-4-acetylthio-3-methoxy-2-oxoazetidin-1-yl]-2-chloroacetic acid p-nitrobenzyl ester in 1.8 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran, and the mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature under nitrogen. The mixture is diluted with methylene chloride and washed with a cold, saturated, aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. Additional washing with water, drying over sodium sulphate and concentrating by evaporation in vacuo yield the crude title compound which is purified by chromatography over silica gel with toluene/ethyl acetate (19:1 to 3:1).

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