The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of 7 beta -amino-3-cephem-3-ol-4-carboxylic acid compounds by ring closure of esters of 2-[4-(substituted-thio)-3-acylamino-2-oxoazetidin-1-yl]-3-substituted- amino-crotonic acids and solvolysing the enamino group in the resulting 7 beta -acylamino-3-substituted-amino-cephem-4-carboxylic acid esters.
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