Sodium Hydroxide → 6-chloro-5-(2'-hydroxybiphenyl-4-yl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylic acid

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A round bottomed flask was charged with methyl 6-chloro-5-(2′-hydroxybiphenyl-4-yl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylate (80 mg, 0.21 mmol), methanol (1.8 mL), and sodium hydroxide solution (1.0 M, 0.60 mL, 0.60 mmol) then heated to 70° C. with stirring for 15 h. The reaction was then cooled to room temperature and quenched with 1.0 M Hydrochloric acid and diluted with ethyl acetate. The layers were separated and the aqueous extracted with ethyl acetate (×3). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. Reverse phase HPLC was then used to provide the title compound (13 mg, 16% yield). MS (ES−) 362.0 (M−H)−. Retention time: 1.93 min Waters Xbridge dC18 5 μm 4.6×50 mm, 95% H2O/5% MeCN linear to 5% H2O/95% MeCN over 4.0 min, HOLD at 5% H2O/95% MeCN to 5.0 min. (0.03% NH4OH). Flow: 2.0 mL/min.

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