Acetic Acid → HCID 19955607, compound

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Methyl 2-butyl-4-chloro-1-[2'-(2-isopropoxy-3,4-dioxocyclobut-1-en-1-yl)biphenyl-4-ylmethyl]-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate (0.26 g; preparable as described in Example 27(c)) was heated in a mixture of glacial acetic acid (5 ml) and water (5 ml) at 95°-100° C. for 5 hours. The solvents were evaporated in vacuo and the residue obtained was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluting with 10% rising to 30% industrial methylated spirit in ethyl acetate) to give methyl 2-butyl-4-chloro-1-[2'-(2-hydroxy-3,4-dioxo-cyclobut-1-en-1-yl)biphenyl-4-ylmethyl]-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate, an active compound of the present invention, as a yellow oil (0.1 g).

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