Novel isomerisations of a penicillin sulphone
Abstract
Methyl benzylpenicillinate 1,1-dioxide (1) undergoes a base-induced equilibration with its 6-epimer (2), which then isomerises to (3S,4R)-1-(1-methoxycarbonyl-2-methylprop-1-enyl)-3-phenylacetamido-4-oxoazetidine-2-sulphinic acid (3).