Lithium Hydroxide → [Rac]-2-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-propionic acid
Reaction equation
C([O:3][C:4](=[O:32])[CH:5]([O:29][CH2:30][CH3:31])[CH2:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([O:13][CH2:14][C:15]2[N:16]=[C:17]([C:21]3[CH:26]=[CH:25][C:24]([F:27])=[CH:23][CH:22]=3)[O:18][C:19]=2[CH3:20])=[CH:9][C:8]=1[CH3:28])C.[Li+].[OH-]>>[CH2:30]([O:29][CH:5]([CH2:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]([O:13][CH2:14][C:15]2[N:16]=[C:17]([C:21]3[CH:26]=[CH:25][C:24]([F:27])=[CH:23][CH:22]=3)[O:18][C:19]=2[CH3:20])=[CH:9][C:8]=1[CH3:28])[C:4]([OH:32])=[O:3])[CH3:31]Participants
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Procedure
In analogy to the procedure described in example 1 g], [rac]-2-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-propionic acid ethyl ester was treated with LiOH to obtain [rac]-2-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-propionic acid as colorless liquid, which can be separated into its antipodes by methods known in the art, such as separation of the antipodes via diastereomeric salts by crystallization with optically pure amines such as e.g. (R) or (S)-1-phenyl-ethylamine, (R) or (S)-1-naphthalen-1-yl-ethylamine, brucine, quinine and quinidine or by separation of the antipodes by specific chromatographic methods using either a chiral adsorbens or a chiral eluent to give the title compound.