Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-methyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl)acetic acid

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Intermediate 11 (2.98 g) in ethanol (25 ml) was treated with aqueous sodium hydroxide (2.5M, 18 ml) and the solution stirred at 70° C. for 3.5 h then allowed to cool. The material was concentrated in vacuo to remove the ethanol, then the aqueous phase was washed with ethyl acetate (30 ml). The aqueous phase was adjusted to pH1 by addition of aqueous hydrochloric acid (5M) and the desired acid was extracted into ethyl acetate (1×100 ml, 1×50 ml). The combined organic phases were washed with dilute aqueous sodium chloride, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and the solution concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a cream solid (2.54 g).

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