The condensation of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (I) with 5-methyltetrazole (II) by means of BF3-ethyl ether in sulfolane gives 7-amino-3-(5-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (III), which is esterified with diphenyldiazomethane (IV) as usual to the ester (V). The condensation of (V) with 2-(tert-amyloxycarboxamidothiazol-4-yl)- 2-(methoxyimino)acetic acid (VI) by means of ethyl chlorocarbonate and N-methylmorpholine in CH2Cl2 affords the fully protected compound (VII), which is finally deprotected with trifluoroacetic acid.
The condensation of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (I) with 5-methyltetrazole (II) by means of BF3 ethyl ether in sulfolane gives 7-amino-3-(5-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (III), which is esterified with pivaloyloxymethyl iodide (IV) by means of triethylamine in DMF yielding the corresponding ester (V). Finally, this compound it condensed with 2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-(methoxyimino)acetic acid (VI) by means of POCl3 and dimethylacetamide in CH2Cl2.