Sodium Hydroxide → Carboxystyrylpyridine

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A solution of the ester 19 (55.0 g, 0.23 mol) in THF (100 mL) was treated with a 3 N NaOH solution (110 mL, 0.25 mol) for 21 h at ambient temperature. After removal of solvents, the residue was taken up in water and ethyl ether. The phases were separated, and the aqueous phase was washed with ether (2×). The resulting aqueous phase was neutralized with a 2 N HCl solution, and the precipitate was then collected by filtration to afford the acid 20 (50.2 g, 97%) as a cream solid:

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