Y. Katsura et M. Aratani, A CONVENIENT PROTECTIVE METHOD FOR THE 7-AMINO FUNCTION ON A CEPHEM DERIVATIVE IN WITTIG VINYLATION, Tetrahedron letters, 35(51), 1994, pp. 9601-9604
A novel preparative pathway for diphenylmethyl 7 beta-amino-3-vinylcep
h-3-em-4-carboxylate from 3-chloromethyl derivative is described. As a
convenient protecting group for the 7-amino function in a Wittig reac
tion, six membered azine derivatives incorporating the 7-amino group w
ere developed as a surrogate of conventional protecting groups.