Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Carboxy-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(pyridin-4-yl)thiophene

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5-Ethoxycarbonyl-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(pyridin-4-yl)thiophene (15.17 g (46.3 mmol), prepared as described in 1)) was dissolved in ethanol (150 ml). To the solution was added an aqueous solution of 1 N sodium hydroxide (93 ml, 93 mmol), and the resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 30 minutes. At the end of this time, ethanol was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. To the reaction residue was added water, and then an aqueous solution of 1 N hydrochloric acid (93 ml). The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration, to give the title compound (12.64 g) as a pale brown powder (yield 91%).

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