4-Hydroxybiphenyl → HCID 18444538, compound

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To a stirred, cooled 0° C. solution, in tetrahydrofuran (2.5 mL), a solution of 3-(4-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-furan-2-yl)-propionic acid ethyl ester (36) (400 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (2.5 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and treated successively with triphenylphosphine (542 mg), biphenyl-4-ol (353 mg) and diisopropylazodicarboxylate (0.41 mL). After stirring for 10 mins at 0° C. the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred for a further 16 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated in-vacuo then re-dissolved in dichloromethane (15 mL) and treated with triethylamine (1.50 mL) and a scavenger resin PS-TsCl (2.5 g) and the mixture was shaken for 6 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was purified by flash chromatography, eluting with a mixture of diethyl ether in petroleum ether (40-60° C.) (7:93 by volume). The purified product (320 mg) was dissolved in methanol/tetrahydrofuran (2:1 by volume) (18 mL), treated with 1.0 M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (9 mL) and allowed to stir at room temperature for 6 hours. The pH of the reaction mixture was adjusted to between pH4 and pH5 by the addition of 1.0 M hydrochloric acid (˜5.0 mL), then treated with saturated ammonium chloride (100 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were further washed with brine (35 mL), then dried (sodium sulphate) and concentrated in vacuo. A sample of the crude product (50 mg) was purified by HPLC to give compound 37 as white solid (25 mg). LC/MS System C: Rt=5.33 mins, m/z (ES−)=335 (M− for C21H20O4).

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