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461analytically pure material was 0.15 g (81 %), m.p. 153-154" (decamp.).Anal. Calcd. for C15H18N305S2: C, 48.65; H, 4.86. Found: C, 48.52; H, 5.02.
Cotlversion of the Toluenesulfor~ic Acid Salt toAnl~ydrober~zylpet~icilli~z The salt 3 (100 mg, 0.27 mmoles) was suspended in methylene chloride (2ml) and an ice-cold saturated sodium bicarbonate solution (2 ml) was added. The salt dissolved when this mixture was shaken. The yellowish aqueous layer was removed and the methylene chloride layer was passed through a short column of anhydrous sodium sulfate. The column was washed with methylene chloride and the dry solution of the base 4 (volume, 3 ml) was treated with a solution of phenylacetic acid (37 mg, 0.27 mmole) in methylene chloride (1 ml) and then with a solution of diisopropylcarbodiimide (34 mg, 0.27 mmole) in methylene chloride (1 ml). The reaction mixture was left for 20 h at room temperature and the solvent was then removed. The crystalline residue was triturated with ether and the ether-insoluble material was recrystallized twice from isopropyl alcohol, giving 43 mg (52 % from 3) of anhydrobenzylpenicillin, n1.p. 148-15O0, identical with the compound prepared from Penicillin G on the basis of its infrared spectrum and an undepressed mixture melting point. An examination of the pK,'s of a series of phenacyl 'onium salts has indicated that the acidifying effects of the 'onium groups increase in the order arsonium < phosphonium < sulfonium. The acidifying effects of the 'onium atom substituents increase in the order methyl < 11-butyl < phenyl. These observations have been accounted for in terms ofprc-rlx overlap between the carbanion and the heteroatom of the 'onium group.Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 46,461 (1968) The discovery and use of ylids containing a variety of heteroatom groups has given rise to questions regarding the relative effectiveness with which the different 'onium groups (X in 2) provide stabilization for the adjacent carbanion.It is well recognized, especially on the basis of infrared (1) and x-ray crystallographic (2) evidence on phenacylides (4), that considerable 'For part XV in this series, see A. W. Johnson and S. C. K. Wong, Can. J. Chem. 44, 2793Chem. 44, (1966.2Author to whom inquiries should be addressed at The Chemistry Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A. stabilization is afforded the carbanion by delocalization of the negative charge through the carbon portion of the ylids (i.e. through the carbonyl group in 2). However, it also appears that the 'onium group (X in 2) must provide conjugative stabilization of the carbanion in order for such ylids to have any finite existence. The stabilization probably is via pn: -dn: overlap between the carbanion and the 'onium group if the latter has available empty, low-energy d-orbitals (3). Such is the case with arsonium, phosphonium, and sulfonium ylids.We wish to report some recent pKa determinations which indicate the relative effectiveness of the groups X in increasing the acidity of the...