Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 19891249, compound

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In 200 ml of methanol was dissolved 12.16 g of benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]pyridine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester and after adding thereto 55 ml of a methanol solution of 1N sodium hydroxide, the mixture was refluxed for 30 minutes. After allowing the temperature to lower to room temperature, the mixture was allowed to stand overnight in a refrigerator and crystals thus deposited were collected by filtration. The crystals were suspended in water and after adjusting the pH thereof to from 2 to 3 with 1N hydrochloric acid, the suspension was stirred for a whole day and night at room temperature. Precipitates thus formed were collected by filtration to provide 10.2 g (yield of 88%) of benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]pyridine-3-carboxylic acid.

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