Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 14127186, compound

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To a mixed solvent of 200 ml of methanol and 50 ml of 2N-aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is added 2.9 g of methyl 11-methylene-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetate (raw material 7, Reference example 7) and the mixture is heated at reflux for two hours. After allowing the mixture to stand for cooling, the mixture is concentrated under reduced pressure, and the pH of the mixture is adjusted to 1.0 with aqueous 4N-hydrochloric acid solution. The mixture is extracted with 500 ml of ethyl acetate, washed with aqueous 1N-hydrochloric acid solution and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution in order and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent is distilled away under reduced pressure and the resultant crude product is crystallized from hexane to obtain 2.7 g of the desired product as a white solid.

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