Formic Acid → 6-(4-Carboxymethyl-phenylethynyl)-4,4,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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A solution of 6-(4-tert-butoxycarbonylmethyl-phenylethynyl)-4,4,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (Intermediate 194, 0.23 g, 0.5 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (1 mL) was treated with formic acid (3 mL) and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 6 h. Water was added and the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate(×2). The combined organic phase was washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to an oil. Preparative reverse phase HPLC using 10% water in acetonitrile as the mobile phase afforded the title compound (0.15 g, 74%).

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