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

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Fluvastatin methyl ester (3.0 g) was dissolved in ethyl acetate (90 ml), a solution of NaOH (0.2 g) in water (1 ml) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature over night. The product was isolated by filtration under nitrogen, washed with ethyl acetate (50 ml) and dried at 50EC in a vacuum oven for 24 h to obtain 1.52 g (49.7%) of fluvastatin sodium crystal Form LXXVII.

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