Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-3-(4-((E)-1-(1H-Indazol-5-yl)-2-phenylbut-1-en-1-yl)phenyl)acrylic acid

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To a solution of (E)-ethyl 3-(4-((E)-1-(1H-indazol-5-yl)-2-phenylbut-1-en-1-yl)phenyl)acrylate (2.5 g, 5.9 mmol; Compound 1) in THF-EtOH (1:1, 59 mL), an aqueous solution of LiOH (2.8 g, 118 mmol; dissolved in a minimum amount of water) was added at room temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight. The reaction was monitored by LCMS. Upon completion, 1N aqueous HCl was added until pH was 3. Then, the mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water, washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to give the crude product. This crude material was purified on a silica gel column eluted with 0-20% methanol in dichloromethane affording the title compound as a pale yellow solid (1.9 g). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 13.11 (s, 1H), 12.30 (br, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.65 (s, 1H), 7.53 (d, 1H), 7.43 (d, 1H), 7.37 (d, 2H), 7.29-7.11 (m, 6H), 6.88 (d, 2H), 6.37 (d, 1H), 2.44 (q, 2H), 0.87 (t, 3H); LCMS: 395 (M+H)+.

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