Formic Acid → 3-(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl) thiomethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

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A mixture of 1.4 g of the product of Example 3 and 5 ml of 50% aqueous formic acid was held on a water bath at 55° C. for 15 minutes and then 5 ml of water were added. The mixture was cooled and vacuum filtered and the filtrate was concentrated after the addition of 5 ml of ethanol. The residue was taken up in 5 ml of ethanol and the mixture was triturated and was vacuum filtered. The product was washed with ethanol and then ether, was vacuum filtered, dried and washed to obtain 0.557 g of pure 7-[{2-amino-4-thiazolyl)-2-methoxyiminoacetyl}amino]-3-[(1-methyl-tetrazol-5-yl)-thiomethyl]-ceph-3-eme-4-carboxylic acid in the syn configuration.

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