Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 11068306, compound

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A stirred solution of 4-methoxybenzyl (6R,7R) -7-phenylacet-amido-3-(1-propenyl)-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylate (0.509 g, purity 9% E-isomer, 84% Z-isomer, 0.99 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 ml) was cooled to 2° C. Titanium tetrachloride (0.5 ml, 4.5 mmol) was added in 1 min. After 30 min the brown suspension was mixed with a chilled mixture of dichloromethane (50 ml) and a 2M solution of hydrochloric acid in water (50 ml). The organic phase was separated and extracted with a 2M solution of hydrochloric acid in water (3×50 ml). The aqueous phases were extracted with dichloromethane (25 ml). The combined organic phases were analyzed using HPLC: 0.036 g (6R,7R)-7-phenylacetamido-3-[(E)-1-propenyl]-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acid (0.10 mmol, yield 10.2%); 0.301 g (6R,7R)-7-phenylacetamido-3-[(Z)-1-propenyl]-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acid (0.84 mmol, yield 84.8%). The overall yield is therefore 95.0%.

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