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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1987
David A Evans, Concord, MA (US);
Eric B Sjogren, Arlington, MA (US);
The President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing a .beta.-keto ester of the formula ##STR1## is provided which comprises cycloaddition of an (S)-4-aryloxazolidin-2-one-3-ylacetyl halide with an imine formed with a benzyl amine and an m-alkoxycinnamaldehyde to form the azetidinone ##STR2## hydrogenation of the azetidinone to the 4-[2-(m-alkoxyphenyl)-ethyl]substituted azetidinone; reduction of the hydrogenation product with Li-NH.sub.3 and t-butyl alcohol to form the 3-aminoazetidinone. ##STR3## and N-acylation of the 3-aminoazetidinone followed by ozonolysis of the cyclodiene group; wherein, e.g. alk, is methyl, Ar is phenyl and R.sub.1 is phenoxymethyl.