Lithium Hydroxide → {4-[5-(Cyclopropyl-methyl-amino)-4-methoxy-8,8-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalen-2-ylethynyl]-phenyl}-acetic acid

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A solution of {4-[5-(cyclopropyl-methyl-amino)-4-methoxy-8,8-dimethyl-[5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalen-2-ylethynyl]-phenyl}-acetic acid methyl ester (Intermediate 82, 0.090 g, 0.208 mmol) in methanol (3 mL) and tetrahydrofuran (2 mL) was treated with a 1.9 M solution of lithium hydroxide (1.5 mL, 2.8 mmol) and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated, neutralized with ammonium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water and brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to a residue that was subjected to flash column chromatography over silica gel (230–400 mesh) using 5–10% methanol in ethyl acetate as the eluent to afford the title product as a white amorphous solid (0.062 g, 60%).

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