Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-3-(4-{3-[(Cyclopropyl-methyl-amino)-methyl]-phenylethynyl}-phenyl)-acrylic acid

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A solution of (E)-3-(4-{3-[(cyclopropyl-methyl-amino)-methyl]-phenylethynyl}-phenyl)-acrylic acid methyl ester (Intermediate 92, 0.11 g, 0.32 mmol) in methanol (3 mL) and tetrahydrofuran (2 mL) was treated with a 3M solution of potassium hydroxide (1 mL, 3 mmol) and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 days. The reaction mixture was neutralized with 5% aqueous hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water and brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to a residue that was subjected to flash column chromatography over silica gel (230-400 mesh) using 10% methanol in ethyl acetate as the eluent to afford the title product as a yellow solid (0.038 g, 36%).

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