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HRID 2420214Generated: November 2, 2026

Potassium Bromide → Clavulanic Acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium BromideHCID 253877—
ReactantSodium BicarbonateHCID 516892—
Reactant3-(2-Hydroxy-ethylidene)-7-oxo-4-oxa-1-aza-bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid benzyl ester(benzyl calvunlanate)HCID 9904055—
CatalystPalladiumHCID 23938—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductClavulanic AcidHCID 5280980—

Reaction Steps

Benzyl clavulanate (840 mgs) in ethanol (30 ml) and water (5 ml) was hydrogenated over 10% Pd/C (267 mgs) and sodium bicarbonate (244 mgs) for 25 minutes at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The catalyst was filtered, washed with water and ethanol and the combined filtrates were evaporated in vacuo. The product crystallised from a water-acetone mixture as microneedles (565 mgs). Recrystallisation from water-acetone gave needles which, after drying over P2O5 in vacuo for 24 hours gave the following analysis: C 41.01, 40.86; H 3.77, 3.64; N 5.68, 5.51; i.r. (KBr disc) 1785, 1700, 1620 cm-1 ; Nmr (D2O) 3.06 (d,1,J=18.5Hz), 3.57 (dd,1,J1 =18.5Hz, J2 =2.5Hz), 4.15 (d,2,J=8Hz), 5.3 (HOD), 4.9 (m), 5.71 (d,1,J=2.5Hz)

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04110165
Source datasetuspto-grants-1978_08
ORD IDord-71d0e3f1e1ad4b6dbd90fb8bf4983b11
Source noteuspto-grants-1978_08