Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-5-methyl-4-bis(4-fluorophenyl)methylidene-2-hexenoic acid

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A toluene (8 ml) solution of the above ester (2.38 g, 6.7 mmol) was added to powdery sodium hydroxide (0.34 g, 8.5 mmol) under argon atmosphere, and the whole was stirred at 60° C. for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was neutralized with 1M hydrochloric acid (10 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (25 ml×3 times). The organic layer was washed with water, saturated sodium chloride aq solution and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Concentration of the organic layer in vacuo followed by recrystallization from a mixed solvent (hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) gave 1.70 g (78% yield) of (E)-5-methyl-4-bis(4-fluorophenyl)methylidene-2-hexenoic acid.

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