[Kinetics of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid in aqueous solutions].

Stability of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) and desacetyl-7-ACA in aqueous solutions at the pH value higher than 6 and wide ranges of the temperature was studied. The kinetic parameters of the hydrolysis of the ester link in the molecule of 7-ACA and the openings of the betalactam link in the molecules of 7-ACA and desacetyl-7-ACA were estimated. It was shown that all the destruction processes were describable by the 1st order equations. A procedure for the calculation of the velocity constants of the above mentioned three processes by changes in the concentration of 7-ACA and desacetyl-7-ACA in the solutions is described.