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 dichloromethane (35 ml). NaOH (0.29 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at room over night. The product was isolated by filtration under nitrogen, washed with dichloromethane (20 ml) and dried at 50EC in a vacuum oven for 24 h to obtain 1.89 g (62%) of fluvastatin sodium Form C.

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