Ethyl Acetate → (11aS)-1,2,3,10,11,11a-Hexahydro-7-methoxy-8-[3-[[(11aS)-2,3,5,11a-tetrahydro-7-methoxy-5-oxo-1H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-8-yl]oxy]propoxy]-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5-one

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A solution of the (2S)-N-{4-[3-(7-Methoxy-(2R)-hydroxy-(11aS)-1,2,3,10,11,11a-hexahydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-5-one-8-yloxy)propoxy]-5-methoxy-2-aminobenzoyl}pyrrolidine-2-carboxaldehyde diethyl thioacetal IV (674 mg, 1 mmol), HgCl2 (794 mg, 2.93 mmol) and CaCO3 (300 mg, 3 mmol) in CH3CN/H2O (4:1, 15 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 12 h until TLC (EtOAc), indicates complete loss of starting material. Then organic layer is evaporated in vacuum and the residue is diluted with EtOAc. To this saturated NaHCO3 was added slowly at room temperature and the mixture is filtered through celite and washed with ethylacetate. The filterate is evaporated in vacuum to get crude 7-Methoxy-8-{3-[7-methoxy-(11aS)-1,2,3,10,11,11a-hexahydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-5-one-8-yloxy]propoxy}-(11aS)-1,2,3,11a-tetrahydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-5-one of formula V, which was further purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with methanol:EtOAc (3:7).

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