Penicillin-cephalosporin conversion. VIII. Synthesis of 2, 3'-bisthio-substituted cephalosporins via electrolytic chlorination of thiazolinoazetidinone
Sigeru Torii,* Hideo Tanaka, Takashi Siroi, and Michio Sasaoka Department of Industrial Chemistry, School of Engineering, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan Received February 25, 1983 ... Recently, thiazoline-azetidinones 1, derived from natural penicillin, have played an important role in penicillin- cephalosporin conversion chemistry.2 In preceding papers, we disclosed an efficient ene-type chlorination of 1, pro- viding useful trichloride ...