18-Crown-6 → p-Nitrobenzyl 2-azidocarbapen-2-em-3-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

Diphenyl chlorophosphate (10.9 microliter, 52.6 micromol) was added to a stirred, 0° C. solution of a p-nitrobenzyl 2-oxo-carbapenam-3-carboxylate (15.4 mg, 50.6 micromol), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (1.3 mg, 11 micromol), and diisopropylethylamine (10.4 microliter, 59.7 micromol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (500 microliter). After 5 min., potassium azide (12.6 mg, 155 micromol), and 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane (13.3 mg, 50.3 micromol) were added. After an additional 5 min. the mixture was washed three times with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filterd, and evaporated under vacuum. The residue was applied to one 20 cm×20 cm 250 micron silica gel preparative thin layer chromatography plate and developed with diethyl ether. Elution with ethyl acetate and evaporation of the eluate under vacuum provided 3.2 mg (19%) p-nitrobenzyl 2-azido-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylate.

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