Formic Acid → Benzhydryl 7-formamido-3-hydroxycepham-4-carboxylate

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Formic acid (0.4 ml) and acetic anhydride (1 ml) were stirred at 40° C. for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice-water bath and added dropwise to a mixture of benzhydryl 7-amino-3-hydroxycepham-4-carboxylate (1.0 g) in methylene chloride (30 ml) at 3° C. The mixture was stirred at 3° C. for 10 minutes and adjusted to pH 7.0 with 5% aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was triturated with diisopropyl ether to give benzhydryl 7-formamido-3-hydroxycepham-4-carboxylate (1.05 g) as powder.

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