Water → 5-Fluoro-2-[3-methyl-2-((E)-propenyl)-benzoylamino]-indan-2-carboxylic acid

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The mixture 5-fluoro-2-[3-methyl-2-((E)-propenyl)-benzoylamino]-indan-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (153) (260 mg, 0.68 mmol) and KOH (600 mg, 10.7 mmol) is dissolved in EtOH (8 mL) and water (0.2 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 2.5 h. After concentration in vacuo, the residue is dissolved in water (30 mL) and acidified with conc. HCl until no more precipitate came out of the water. The filtered compound is purified by HPLC to give a pure product (154) as white solid (267 mg, 100%).

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