ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The degradation of cefaclor (1), an oral cephalosporin antibiotic, was studied at 37° in a neutral aqueous medium by HPLC and 1H-NMR. Under these conditions, 1 underwent intramolecular aminolysis by the 7-side-chain NH2 group on the β-lactam moiety to give a piperazine-2,5-dione. The most prominent peak in the HPLC profile of a degradation solution from 1 was isolated by prep. HPLC. Mechanistically, the formation of this degradation product cis-11 from 1 involves the contraction from a six-membered cephem ring to a five-membered ring, which presumably takes place via a common episulfonium ion intermediate 9 (see Scheme). Loss of the Cl-atom from 3-chloro-3-cephem is a general reaction subsequent to β-lactam ring opening.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19960790705
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