Ammonium Chloride → HCID 67743997, compound

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Methyl magnesium chloride (2.9 ml, of 2.9 M in tetrahydrofuran) was added to a solution of 500 mg (3R-trans)-3-phenoxyacetylamino-4-phenylsulfonyl-2-azetidinone in 11.1 ml of 0.5 M magnesium dichloride in tetrahydrofuran under nitrogen and chilled in an ice/acetone bath (-10° C.). After 2 hours, the mixture was added to saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated. Treatment of the residue with dichloromethane/ethyl ether gave 106 mg of cis-3-phenoxyacetylamino-4-methyl-2-azetidinone. The corresponding trans isomer, as well as some cis isomer, was present in the mother liquor, as shown by NMR.

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