摘要 |
Penicillin sulfoxides, notably the sulfoxides of penicillin V and penicillin G, are heated with amine salts of dichloromethane phosphonate in 1,1,2-trichloroethane to provide superior yields of deacetoxycephalosporins. The process is especially valuable in providing greater yields of the intermediate in the synthesis of the commercial antibiotic, cephalexin. |