Photoinduced isomerisation of a 5,6-trans-penem to a cis-penem

1 January 1991

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 5,p. 285-287
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39910000285

Abstract

5,6-trans-Penem compounds were photochemically transformed via isomerisation at C(5) to 5,6-cis-penems, the structures of which were confirmed by spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Keywords

STRUCTURES
ISOMERISATION
PHOTOINDUCED
PHOTOCHEMICALLY
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC
SPECTROSCOPIC
COMPOUNDS
TRANS PENEM