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

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(S)-Methyl 2-(6-((4′-((1-(2-cyanoacetyl)azetidin-3-yl)oxy)-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methoxy)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetate 16c (80 mg, 0.15 mmol) was dissolved in 2 mL of a mixture of the solvents of tetrahydrofuran and methanol (V/V=1:1), followed by addition of 1M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (1 mL, 1 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 3, 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. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography with elution system B to obtain the title compound (S)-2-(6-((4′-(azetidin-3-yloxy)-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methoxy)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetic acid 16 (65 mg, yield 95.6%) as a light yellow solid.

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