Ethyl Acetate → HCID 178524873, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 5-benzyloxy-6-hydroxy-2-(1-pyridin-2-yl-cyclopentylmethyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (436) (1.2 g, 2.60 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran-water (2:1; 24 mL), LiOH.H2O (1.09 g, 26.03 mmol) was added, refluxed for 16 h while silica thin layer chromatography was performed (50% ethyl acetate in hexane, Rf=0.1). From the reaction mixture volatiles were removed and the residue was diluted with water (20 mL). Thereafter, the pH of this mixture was adjusted to 7 with 1N aqueous HCl. The resulting precipitate was filtered and dried. The obtained solid was triturated with ether to get 5-benzyloxy-6-hydroxy-2-(1-pyridin-2-yl-cyclopentylmethyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid (437) (920 mg, 87%) as a white solid.

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