Kh. Cha et al., N,N'-DIISOPROPYL-O-DIPHENYLMETHYL ISOUREA - A MILD AND CONVENIENT ALKYLATING AGENT FOR THE FORMATION OF CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVES, Synthetic communications, 28(12), 1998, pp. 2207-2211
N,N'-Diisopropyl-O-diphenylmethyl isourea reacts with cephalosporin-4-
carboxylic acid in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature to give the dip
henylmethyl (DPM) ester in good yields without isomerization of the do
uble bond from C-3 to C-2.