Methyl N-({3′-fluoro-4′-[(6-fluoro-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)amino]biphenyl-4-yl}carbonyl)-L-valinate (84.2 mg, 0.17 mmol) was suspended in THF (2.5 mL), MeOH (2.5 mL) and water (1 mL), and LiOH (40.7 mg, 1.70 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. for 2 h. Upon cooling to rt, the reaction mixture was brought to pH 3 with 1N HCl and was extracted with EtOAc (3×25 mL). The combined organic phases were washed with water (2×50 mL) and brine (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. This yielded 72.3 mg (88%) of the title compound as a white solid. LC/MS m/z 482.3 (MH+), retention time 3.46 min. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 0.99 (dd, 6H), 2.19-2.24 (m, 1H), 4.30 (dd, H), 7.18 (t, 1H), 7.60-7.84 (m, 6H), 7.88 (d, 2H), 8.42 (d, 1H), 8.66 (t, 1H), 10.42 (s, 1H).
