Toluene-p-sulphonic anhydride → Benzyl 3-(p-toluenesulfonyloxy)-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one-2-carboxylate

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p-Toluenesulfonic anhydride (326 mg, 1 mμol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (192 μl, 1.1 mμol) are added to an ice-cold, stirring solution of benzyl 1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-3,7-dione-2-carboxylate (259 mg, 1 mμol) in anhydrous methylene chloride (10 ml). The resulting solution is stirred in the cold and under a nitrogen atmosphere for 2.5 hours. The solution is diluted with methylene chloride (20 ml), washed with water (10 ml), 1M pH3 phosphate buffer (10 ml) and 5% aqueous sodium bicarbonate (2×10 ml) dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated under vacuum to a semi-solid. This material is triturated with ice-cold ethyl acetate (2×2 ml) and diethyl ether (2×5 ml) to provide benzyl 3-(p-toluenesulfonyloxy)-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one-2-carboxylate (276 mg, 67%) as a white powder. Recrystallization from methylene chloride-diethyl ether gives analytically pure product as small white needles: mp 103° -105°; IR (CH2Cl2) 1786, 1723, 1382, and 1190 cm-1 ; NMR (CDCl3) 8 2.44 (s, 3, ArCh3) 3.03 (dd, 1, J=3.0 and 17.0, HGβ), 3.16 (dd, 1, J=8.5 and 18.7, H4a), 3.32 (dd, 1, J=10.0 and 18.7, H46), 3.55 (dd, 1, J=5.5 and 17.0, HG), 4.21 (m, 1, H5), 5.14 (ABq, 2, J=12, CH2Ar), 7.35 (S, 5, ArH0, 7.26 and 7.75 (two d's, 4, J=9, ArH); UV(dioxane) 283 (E6600) and 277 (E6500) nm.

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