Sodium Hydroxide → 3-(4-Carboxymethylsulfanylphenoxymethyl)thiophene-2-carboxylic acid

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An aqueous sodium hydroxide (19.2 g, 480 mmol) solution was added to a methanol (250 mL) solution of the compound obtained in Example 19 (35.1 g, 96 mmol), and the mixture was refluxed while heating for 2 hours. After allowing the mixture to cool in the air, the solvents were distilled off under a reduced pressure, and water was added to the residue. The solution was neutralized with hydrochloric acid, and the precipitated crystals were separated by filtration and dried, to give 30.0 g (97%) of the captioned compound.

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