Transformations of cephalosporanates: the formation of 4-alkoxyformamidoceph-2- and -3-ems
Abstract
A ceph-3-emcarboxylic acid reacted with diphenylphosphoryl azide–toluene–t-butyl alcohol–triethylamine to give the 4α- and 4β-t-butoxycarbonylceph-2-ems and a 4-t-butoxyformamidoceph-2-em. Interconversion studies on the 4α- and 4β-esters were performed. Reaction in the presence of excess of sodium azide gave as the sole β-lactam product a 4-t-butoxyformamidoceph-3-em.