Water → HCID 19792167, compound

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A mixture of methyl 4-valerylamino-3-nitrobenzoate (2.1 g), 4-(2-cyanophenyl)benzyl bromide (2.0 g) and K2CO3 (1.1 g) in DMF (20 ml) was stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. To the reaction mixture was added water, the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic layer was washed with water. The resultant solution was dried and concentrated to give a syrup, which was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to afford a yellow syrup (3.5 g, quantitatively).

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