Acetic Acid → 2-Methyl-7-(2-cyanoacetamido)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

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Acetic acid (4 ml) and zinc powder (3 g) were added under stirring and ice-cooling to a solution of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl 2-methyl-7-(2-cyanoacetamido)-3-cephem-4-carboxylate (3.2 g) in anhydrous dimethylformamide (15 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at the same temperature. After the reaction, ethyl acetate (100 ml) was added to the reaction mixture. The insoluble material was filtered off, and the filtrate was washed with 5% hydrochloric acid saturated with sodium chloride, and then extracted with a saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution. The extract was acidified with 10% hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution and dried over magnesium sulfate. After the solvent was distilled off, the crystalline residue was recrystallized from a mixture of ethyl acetate and benzene to give 2-methyl-7-(2-cyanoacetamido)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (2.3 g), mp 162° to 166° C.

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