Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 178466154, compound

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Ethyl 5-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-2-(3-nitrophenyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate obtained by reacting and treating ethyl 2-hydroxyimino-3-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-3-oxopropionate and 3-nitrobenzylamine in the same manner as in Starting Material Synthetic Example 1 is dissolved in ethyl alcohol and 1 M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is added. The mixture is reacted and treated in the same manner as in Starting Material Synthetic Example 2 to give 5-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-2-(3-nitrophenyl)imidazole-4-carboxylic acid.

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