Potassium Hydroxide → (E)-3-(5-{(E)-3-[2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-3-oxo-propenyl}-pyridin-2-yl)-acrylic acid

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A mixture of 1-[2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-ethanone (obtained as described in Preparation 11, 250 mg, 1.07 mmol), (E)-3-(5-formyl-pyridin-2-yl)-acrylic acid tert-butyl ester (described in Example 11 STEP A-D, 251 mg, 1.07 mmol) and 1.7 M KOH (0.633 ml) in EtOH (10 ml) was stirred at 4° C. overnight. The resulting solution was diluted with water and extracted with AcOEt. The organic phase was dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated in vacuo. The crude reaction mixture was purified by column chromatography (eluent: DCM/MeOH/NH4OH 95:5:0.2) and the resulting product was dissolved in DCM (10 ml) and TFA (2 ml) and stirred at room temperature for 4 h. The solvent was evaporated to give 558 mg of (E)-3-(5-{(E)-3-[2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-3-oxo-propenyl}-pyridin-2-yl)-acrylic acid as its tris-trifluoroacetate salt.

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