Sodium Hydroxide → 1,1-dimethylethyl (1RS,2RS)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methyl)ethylcarbamate

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To a solution of 1,1-dimethylethyl (4RS,5RS)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-4-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-3-carboxylate (3.7 g, 8.42 mmol) in methanol (20 ml) was gradually added a solution of sodium hydroxide (0.40 g, 10.10 mmol) in methanol (20 ml) under ice-cooling. The reaction solution was stirred for 1 hr, diluted with 1N hydrochloric acid (15 ml) and water (100 ml), and extracted with ethyl acetate (100 ml×2). The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) and recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to give the title compound (2.24 g, 64%).

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