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Alkylation of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde (II) with 2-nitrobenzyl chloride (I) in the presence of NaH afforded the N-benzyl pyrrole (III). Subsequent reductive ring closure of (III) by hydrogenation over Pd/C produced the pyrrolobenzodiazepine (IV). Acid-catalyzed esterification of 6-aminonicotinic acid (V) with either methanol or ethanol provided the corresponding esters (VIa) or (VIb). Further coupling of (VIa) or (VIb) with two equivalents of 5-fluoro-2-methylbenzoyl chloride (VII) gave rise to imide (VIII). Simultaneous hydrolysis of ester function and one benzoyl group of (VIIIa-b) with NaOH furnished acid (IX), which was then converted to the corresponding acid chloride (X) employing either thionyl chloride or oxalyl chloride. Finally, coupling of acid chloride (X) with amine (IV) in the presence of Et3N yielded the target amide.