Hydrochloric Acid → 6-fluoro-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-2-carboxylic acid

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Sodium bicarbonate (2.10 g, 25.0 mmol) was added to a suspension of (E)-4-(5-fluoro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid (5.00 g, 23.8 mmol) (obtained through the process as described in Example 22) in 200 ml of distilled water and the mixture was refluxed for 10 minutes. After cooling, the reaction mixture was acidified to pH 1.0 with concentrated hydrochloric acid and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to give crude crystals which were recrystallized from the mixture of water and methanol to give 4.60 g (92.1%) of the subject desired compound as colorless crystals.

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