Ethanol → HCID 10133536, compound

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To a suspension of 3-chloro-4-(5H,11H-pyrrolo-[2,1-c][1.4]-benzodiazepine-10-carbonyl)-benzonitrile (90.72 g) in ethanol was added 10 N sodium hydroxide (1.02 ml) and the mixture heated under reflux for two hours. The solvent was removed in vacuo, the residue dissolved in water, and made acidic with 2 N hydrochloric acid (4.7 ml). The resulting precipitate was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic phase dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After removing the solvent in vacuo, a foam was triturated with diethyl ether for 18 hours and filtered to give a crude product (0.69 g). The crude product was purified by treatment with activated charcoal in methanol. Crystallization from methanol/ether afforded the title compound as a purified solid (0.29 g), m.p. 198-199° C.; MS (EI), m/z: 366 (M)+.

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