Enzymic and chemical transformations of the side chain of cephalosporin C

1 January 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

Vol. 20, 2532
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19720002532

Abstract

The synthesis of 7-(5-oxoadipamido)cephalosporanic acid by treating cephalosporin C with D-amino-acid oxidase is described. The same compound is obtained by a non-enzymic transamination reaction between pyridoxal 5-phosphate and cephalosporin C.

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