Hydrochloric Acid → 5'-Amino-2'-methyl-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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5′-tert-Butoxycarbonylamino-2′-methyl-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (6.6 g) was stirred in ethanol (120 ml) and 6M HCl (50 ml) at 20 C for 2 days. The ethanol was evaporated and the residue basified and then extracted with dichloromethane. The dried extracts were evaporated giving the title compound as a pale brown crystalline solid (4 g).

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