Lithium Hydroxide → (S)-2-(6-((4'-(cyclopentyloxy)-2',6'-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methoxy)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetic acid

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(S)-Methyl 2-(6-((4′-(cyclopentyloxy)-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methoxy)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetate 10d (40 mg, 0.08 mmol) was dissolved in 7 mL of a mixture of the solvents tetrahydrofuran and methanol (V/V=2:5), followed by addition of 1M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (0.8 mL, 0.80 mmol). The reaction solution was stirred for 2 hours. The resulting solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was mixed with 10 mL of water, 1M hydrochloric acid was added dropwise to adjust the pH to 4˜5, and extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL×2). The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated sodium chloride solution (30 mL), dried with anhydrous magnesium sulphate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (S)-2-(6-((4′-(cyclopentyloxy)-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methoxy)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetic acid 10 (30 mg, yield 80.0%) as a white solid.

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