To convert a carboxylic acid compound into an ester derivative without using an iodine compound while suppressing the formation of quaternarized by-product by treating a cfarboxylic acid compound with a specific compound in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst.
(A) A mixture of a carboxylic acid compound and a base is treated with (B) a compound expressed by the formula, R1-X [R1 is a group forming an ester (COOR1) hydrolyzable in vivo; X is a halogen] in the presence of (C) a phase-transfer catalyst. Preferably, the component A is a β-lactam antibiotic substance, a penem antibiotic substance or a carbapenem antibiotic substance, the component C is benzyltriethylammonium halide, tetrabutylammonium halide or tetrabutylphosphonium halide and the component B is e.g. pivaloyloxymethyl chloride.
ISHIDA YOHEI
OTSUKA MASAMI
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