Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 3-(benzoylamino)-N-[2-chloro-4-[[(1H-indol-4-ylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]benzoyl]-L-alanine

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3-(Benzoylamino)-L-alanine methyl ester (Example 299; 77 mg, 0.35 mmol) was mixed with 2-chloro-4-[[(1H-indol-4-yl-methyl)amino]carbonyl]benzoic acid (Example 36; 115 mg, 0.35 mmol), HOBT (57 mg, 0.42 mmol) and EDCI (80.5 mg, 0.42 mmol) in DMF (4 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 h and then diluted with water (about 20 ml). The solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×10 ml) and the ethyl acetate layer was washed with dilute aqueous NaCl solution and then brine, dried (Na2SO4), concentrated, and chromatographed (40–80% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to give 3-(benzoylamino)-N-[2-chloro-4-[[(1H-indol-4-ylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]benzoyl]-L-alanine methyl ester (88 mg, 47%). A solution of the ester (51 mg, 0.096 mmol) and lithium hydroxide monohydrate (8 mg, 0.19 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran/methanol/water (3:1:1; 2 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. The solvent was removed and the product was purified by HPLC to give 3-(benzoylamino)-N-[2-chloro-4-[[(1H-indol-4-ylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]benzoyl]-L-alanine (37 mg, 75%) as a white fluffy powder.

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