Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 2-Ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-methanesulfonylaminophenyl)ethoxy]phenyl}propanoic acid

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2-Ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-methanesulfonylaminophenyl)ethoxy]phenyl}propanoic acid ethyl ester (described in Example 62) (0.554 g; 1.27 mmole) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (5.7 ml). Lithium hydroxide hydrate (0.137 g; 3,26 mmole) was dissolved in water and added in portions during 30 minutes at room temperature. The reaction mixture was kept in the refrigerator over night. Tetrahydrofuran was evaporated in vacuo. The water residue was washed with ethyl acetate, acidified with hydrochloric acid (1M) to pH 1-2 and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and the solvent was evaporated in vacuo to give 0.54 g (yield 100%) of 2-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-methanesulfonylaminophenyl)ethoxy]phenyl}propanoic acid.

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