Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 19792101, compound

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To a mixture of conc. HCl (4.0 ml) and methanol (10 ml) was added methyl 4-[N-(2'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)methyl-N-valerylamino]-3-nitrobenzoate (3.5 g). To the resultant mixture was added, with stirring, iron powder (1.3 g) in portions and the mixture was stirred for one hour at 70°--80° C., followed by filtering off an insoluble material. The filtrate was concentrated, which was dissolved in ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried and concentrated to dryness. The resultant syrup was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to afford a yellow syrup (1.7 g, 53%).

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