Ethyl Acetate → 1-Propionyloxyethyl 7-[2-benzhydryloxycarbonylmethoxyimino-2-(4-thiazolyl)acetamido]-3-cephem-4-carboxylate

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1-Chloroethyl propionate (0.6 g) was added to the mixture of 7-[2-benzhydryloxycarbonylmethoxyimino-2-(4-thiazolyl)acetamido]-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (syn isomer) (2.0 g) in dimethyl sulfoxide (13 ml) and potassium carbonate (0.3 g) and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 40° C. The reaction mixture was added to the mixture of ice-water and ethyl acetate and the mixture was adjusted to pH 7.5 with 20% aqueous solution of potassium carbonate. The separated organic layer was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to give 1-propionyloxyethyl 7-[2-benzhydryloxycarbonylmethoxyimino-2-(4-thiazolyl)acetamido]-3-cephem-4-carboxylate (syn isomer) (1.3 g).

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