Water → Benzyl 2-(3-phenoxyacetamido-4-benzenesulfonylthio-2-azetidinone-1-yl)-3-chloromethyl-3-butenate

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A 200 mg quantity of benzyl 2-(3-phenoxyacetamido-4-benzenesulfonylthio-2-azetidinone-1-yl)-3-methyl-3-butenate was dissolved in 5 ml of ethoxyethyl acetate. The solution was cooled in an ice bath with stirring. Thereto was added dropwise over 10 minutes 1.21 ml of a 0.285M solution of Cl2O in carbon tetrachloride. Water was added to the reaction mixture and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off at reduced pressure. The resulting residue was separated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, giving 202 mg of benzyl 2-(3-phenoxyacetamido-4-benzenesulfonylthio-2-azetidinone-1-yl)-3-chloromethyl-3-butenate in 95% yield.

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