Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 2-(2-(2-((2R,5S)-4-(4-fluorobenzyl)-2,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethoxy)-5-chlorophenyl)acetic acid

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To a solution of (5-chloro-2-{2-[4-(4-fluoro-benzyl)-(2R,5S)-2,5-dimethyl-piperazin-1-yl]-2-oxo-ethoxy}-phenyl)-acetic acid ethyl ester (5.1 g, 10.7 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL), methanol (30 mL) and water (6 mL) was added lithium hydroxide monohydrate (2.2 g, 53.5 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 18 hour at ambient temperature. The reaction was then concentrated in vacuo and the remaining solution was acidified with a 1M aqueous hydrochloric acid and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was diluted with minimal dichloromethane and diethyl ether was added. A white precipitate was collected by filtration to give the title compound (3.93 g).

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