Formic Acid → N2-(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)-N5-[(4-{(2S)-2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-2-carboxyethyl}phenoxy)-carbonyl]-L-ornithyl-S-trityl-L-cysteinamide

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3.06 g (2.33 mmol) of the compound from example 10A was dissolved in 46 ml tetrahydrofuran. 1.63 ml (11.6 mmol) triethylamine, 0.44 ml (11.6 mmol) formic acid and 0.265 g (0.233 mmol) tetrakis(triphenylphosphin)palladium(0) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred over night at room temperature. The reaction was diluted with approx. 50 ml water and twice extracted with approx. 50 ml dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were extracted with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The raw product was dissolved in dichloromethane and chromatographed over approx. 500 ml silica gel. Solvents used were dichloromethane, dichloromethane/methanol 40/1 and dichloromethane/methanol 1/1. The product-containing fractions were combined and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. This gave 1.40 g raw product of 86% purity. The product was further purified by preparative RP-HPLC on a C18 column with a water/methanol gradient to yield 2 fractions: 0.93 g product (45% of theory).

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