Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(4'-(6-Carbamoyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-yl)-2,2'-difluorobiphenyl-4-yl)acetic acid

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Powdered potassium hydroxide (96 mg, 1.71 mmol) was added in one portion to methyl 2-(4′-(6-carbamoyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-yl)-2,2′-difluorobiphenyl-4-yl)acetate (Intermediate 6-1; 234 mg, 0.57 mmol) in tert-butanol (10 mL) at 45° C. The resulting solution was stirred at 45° C. for 30 minutes, 2M HCl (2 mL) was added and the mixture was evaporated to remove the organic solvent. The suspension was collected by filtration, washed with water (5 mL) and dried under vacuum to afford crude product. The crude product was purified by preparative HPLC (Waters XBridge Prep C18 OBD column, 5μ silica, 50 mm diameter, 150 mm length), using decreasingly polar mixtures of water (containing 0.1% formic acid) and MeCN as eluents. Fractions containing the desired compound were evaporated to dryness to afford 2-(4′-(6-carbamoyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-yl)-2,2′-difluorobiphenyl-4-yl)acetic acid (132 mg, 58.5%) as a white solid.

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