methyl 4-[N-[1-[3-methoxy-4-[N'-(2-fluorophenyl)ureido]phenylacetyl]-2-pyrrolidinyl methyl]-N-methylamino]-3-nitrobenzoate → methyl 3-amino-4-[N-[1-[4-[N'-(2-fluorophenyl)ureido]-3-methoxy-phenylacetyl]-2-pyrrolidinylmethyl]-N-methylamino]benzoate

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A stirred solution of methyl 4-[N-[1-[4-[N′-(2-fluorophenyl)ureido]-3-methoxy-phenylacetyl]-2-pyrrolidinylmethyl]-N-methylamino]-3-nitrobenzoate (901.0 mg, 1.518 mmol) in MeOH (18.0 mL) was hydrogenated over 5% Pd—C (1.35 g) at 45 psi overnight. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was made basic with 1 N NaOH solution and extracted with CHCl3. The extract was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed under a reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed on silica-gel with CHCl3-MeOH (24:1, v/v) as eluent to afford 283.7 mg (48%) methyl 3-amino-4-[N-[1-[4[-N′-(2-fluorophenyl)ureido]-3-methoxy-phenylacetyl]-2-pyrrolidinylmethyl]-N-methylamino]benzoate as a brownish amorphous solid, which was used to the subsequent reaction without further purification.

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