Potassium Carbonate → 3-[4-(2-Benzofuranyl)thiazol-2-yl]propionic acid

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1N Sodium hydroxide (3 ml) was added dropwise to a methanol solution (3 ml) of ethyl 3-[4-(2-benzofuranyl)thiazol-2-yl]propionate (460 mg) under ice-cooling. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, to which was added 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution (10 ml), and the mixture was washed with ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was made acidic (pH 3) by adding 1N hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried and concentrated to obtain the entitled compound (306 mg).

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