Sodium Hydroxide → 4-[(8-Fluoro-6-methylphenanthridin-5(6H)-yl)sulfonyl]phenol

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A solution of ethyl 4-[(8-fluoro-6-methylphenanthridin-5(6H)-yl)sulfonyl]phenyl carbonate (0.45 g, 1.02 mmol) in methanol (5.0 mL) was treated with a 1 N sodium hydroxide (5.1 mL) solution, and heated at 75° C. for 14 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the methanol was evaporated in vacuo. The resulting aqueous mixture was acidified with a 1 N hydrochloric acid solution, diluted with a saturated, aqueous, sodium chloride solution (100 mL), and extracted with dichloromethane (5×15 mL). The combined organic phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to a white solid. The solid was purified by filtration through a short column of silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate, to yield the title compound as a homogeneous, white, crystalline, solid (0.34 g, 89%).

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