Hydrochloric Acid → (2S,4S)-4-Mercapto-2-{4-[2-(p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)oxyethyl]-1-piperazinylcarbonyl}-1-(p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)pyrrolidine

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600 ml of a 10% w/v methanolic solution of hydrogen chloride were added to a solution of 140 g of (2S,4S)-4-acetylthio-2-{4-[2-(4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)oxyethyl]-1-piperazinylcarbonyl}-1-(4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)-pyrrolidine [prepared as described in step 90(b)(ii) or 90(c)(ii) above] in 150 ml of 1,4-dioxane, and the resulting mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 1 hour. At the end of this time, the reaction mixture was concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure, and the concentrate was diluted with 1500 ml of ethyl acetate. The dilute solution was neutralized with an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and washed, in turn, with 300 ml of water and with 300 ml of an aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by column chromatography through silica gel, using a gradient elution method, with mixtures of ethyl acetate and methanol ranging from 30:1 to 20:1 by volume as the eluent, to give 96.44 g of the title compound, as a colorless powder.

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