Hydrochloric Acid → (4'-{1-ethyl-1-[4-(2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-3-methyl-phenyl]-propyl}-3-fluoro-2'-methyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-acetic Acid

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A 2 N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (0.20 mL) was added to a solution of optically active (4′-{1-ethyl-1-[4-(2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-3-methyl-phenyl]-propyl}-3-fluoro-2′-methyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-acetic acid methyl ester (Example 142-(1); 32.8 mg, 38%, >99.7% e.e.) in methanol (1.0 mL), and the mixture was stirred with microwave heating at 100° C. for five minutes. A 2 N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution (0.30 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate and washing with brine. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (dichloromethane:methanol=99:1 to 90:10) to give the target compound as a colorless oil (32.4 mg, 100%).

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