Hydrochloric Acid → 3-[(2-Mercaptomethyl-3-phenylpropionyl)amino]-5-methylbenzoic acid

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3-[(2-Acetylthiomethyl-3-phenylpropionyl)amino]-5-methylbenzoic acid (compound of Example 1) (1.7 g) is dissolved in methanol (9 ml), and thereto is added 1 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (9 ml) under nitrogen, and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture is adjusted to pH 1 by adding dropwise conc. hydrochloric acid, and the residue is purified by a medium pressure column chromatography with CHP-20P (eluant, water-acetonitrile). The fractions containing the desired compound are collected and concentrated into dryness under reduced pressure to give the title compound (0.9 g).

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