Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 131711752, compound

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Trifluoroacetic acid (3 ml) was added under ice-cooling to 7-[2-methoxyimino-2-(2-t-pentyloxycarbonylamino-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)acetamido]-3-(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thiomethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (syn isomer) (0.5 g) and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at ambient temperature. To the mixture was added ether and precipitating powder was collected by filtration and dissolved in a mixture of water (20 ml) and an 1N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide to adjust to pH 12 to 13. The solution was adjusted to pH 4.6 with 10% hydrochloric acid, washed with ethyl acetate and methylene chloride. Excess methylene chloride in the aqueous layer was thoroughly removed by bubbling of nitrogen gas. The aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 2 with stirring and ice-cooling to precipitate powder. The powder was collected by filtration and dried to give 7-[2-methoxyimino-2-(2-amino-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)acetamido]-3-(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thiomethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (syn isomer) (0.128 g).

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