Potassium Hydroxide → N-(5-carboxypentyl)-3-(1-naphthoyl)-1H-indole

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To a solution of 2 (5.0 g, 12 mmol) in a mixture of THF/H2O (1:1) was added potassium hydroxide (1.7 g) and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 1 h. The THF was removed under vacuum, the aqueous solution acidified to pH 1 by the addition of hydrochloric acid solution (1N) and extracted by ethyl acetate (3×100 ml). The combined organic phases were washed by water (100 ml), brine solution (100 ml), dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The crude product obtained was dissolved in ethyl acetate (10 ml) and the Hapten-A precipitated by the addition of a mixture of ether/hexane as a white solid, filtered and dried under high vacuum to give Hapten-A (3.6 g, 78%).

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