Water → 2-[(2-Isopropoxy-3-methyl-benzoyl)-methyl-amino]-indan-2-carboxylic acid

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The mixture of 2-[(2-isopropoxy-3-methyl-benzoyl)-methyl-amino]-indan-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (118′) (200 mg, 0.51 mmol) and KOH (600 mg, 10.7 mmol) is dissolved in EtOH (5 mL) and water (0.5 mL) under a water bath. The water bath is removed when KOH is completely dissolved and the resulting reaction solution is stirred at RT for 8 h. After concentration in vacuo, the residue is dissolved in water (20 mL) and acidified with conc. HCl until no more precipitate formed. The precipitate is filtered to give a pure product (119) as a pale orange solid (170 mg, 91%).

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