Sodium borohydride → 3-[4-(3-Chlorophenyl)-1-ethyl-7-hydroxymethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl]propanoic acid

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To a 7 ml THF-ethanol (5:2) solution containing 300 mg of methyl 3-[4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-ethyl-7-formyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl]propanoate was added 9 mg of sodium borohydride under ice cooling. After stirring for 1 hour, water was added to the reaction mixture and the whole was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine and then the solvent was evaporated. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (hexane-ethyl acetate). Using a 200 mg portion of 210 mg of the resulting compound, the compound was treated in a similar manner to Example 2 to obtain 130 mg of 3-[4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-ethyl-7-hydroxymethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl]propanoic acid as pale yellow crystals.

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