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 added to a solution of NaOH (1 eq.) in water (0.75 ml) and methanol (7.5 ml). The mixture was stirred at reflux temperature for 2 h. After this time the raw material was not observed by HPLC. MTBE (58 ml) was dripped into the solution over 2 h. The solution was cooled slowly to room temperature and was stirred overnight. The product was isolated by filtration under nitrogen, washed with MTBE (50 ml) and dried at 50EC in a vacuum oven for 24 h to obtain 2.78 g (91.3%) of fluvastatin sodium Form B.

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