Methanol → sodium;(E)-7-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-propan-2-ylindol-2-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyhept-6-enoate

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A 100 ml round bottom flask was loaded with fluvastatin tert-butyl ester (4.0 g, 8.56 mmole), MeOH (24 ml) and NaOH (0.31 g) in water (2 ml). The mixture was heated to 35° C. and stirred for 4.5 h then water (10 ml) was added and the MeOH was evaporated. The volume of the water was completed to 8 vol. and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (25 ml). The aqueous solution was evaporated to contain ca. 1 vol. water and ACN (60 ml) was added. The solution was stirred at room temperature over night. The product was isolated by filtration under nitrogen, washed with ACN and dried at 40° C. in a vacuum oven for 24 h to obtain 1.06 g (28.6%) of fluvastatin sodium crystal form XIV, having a peak at 12.4±0.2 degrees two-theta in the XRD pattern.

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