Methanol → 4-Nitrobenzyl (1R,5S,6S)-2-(2-diethylcarbamoylphenylthio)-1-methyl-6-[1(R)-hydroxyethyl]-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylate

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41 mg (0.195 mmol) of citric acid hydrate were added to 30 ml of a solution of 1.072 g (1.71 mmol) of 4-nitrobenzyl (1R,5S,6S)-2-(2-diethylcarbamoylphenylthio)-1-methyl-6-[1(R)-trimethylsilyloxyethyl]-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylate (prepared as described in Example 34) in a 2:1 by volume mixture of methanol and methylene chloride, and the mixture was stirred for 20 minutes at room temperature. At the end of this time, the reaction solution was condensed by distillation under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by column chromatography through 25 g of silica gel. Elution with ethyl acetate afforded 970 mg (quantitative yield) of the title compound as a colorless foam-like solid.

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