m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 2,2,2-Trichloroethyl 2-methyl-7-(2-phenylacetamido)-3-cephem-4-carboxylate-1-oxide

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A solution of 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (0.40 g.) in dichloromethane (10 ml.) was dropwise added to a solution of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl 2-methyl-7-(2-phenylacetamido)-2-cephem-4-carboxylate (0.92 g.) in dichloromethane (10 ml.) and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour. After the reaction was completed, the reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was washed in turn with a sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution and a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, after which the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was recrystallized from ethanol to give 2,2,2-trichloroethyl 2-methyl-7-(2-phenylacetamido)-3-cephem-4-carboxylate-1-oxide (0.56 g.), mp 173° to 175° C.

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