Sodium Hydroxide → (1r,2s,4r)-2-Hydroxy-4-methylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid

Temperature

50 °C

To a solution of (1R,2S,4R)-2-Hydroxy-4-methyl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (450 mg, 2.42 mmol) in methanol (12 ml) was added a 2.5 M solution of sodium hydroxide (9.7 ml, 24.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 h at 50° C. Then, the solvents were removed and the residue was partitioned between 20 ml of H2O acidified to pH 4 and 20 ml of EtOAc. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous phase was washed with ethyl acetate (2×20 ml). The combined ethyl acetate layers were dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated to obtain 313 mg (82%) of (1R,2S,4R)-2-Hydroxy-4-methyl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. NMR 1H (CDCl3, 400 MHz) 4.34 ppm (s, 1H); 2.43-2.39 ppm (m, 1H); 1.96-1.76 ppm (m, 5H); 1.14-1.08 ppm (m, 1H); 1.02-0.93 ppm (m, 1H); 0.90 ppm (d, 3H).

1. customThen, the solvents were removed
2. customthe residue was partitioned between 20 ml of H2O
3. customThe organic layer was separated
4. washthe aqueous phase was washed with ethyl acetate (2×20 ml)
5. dry with materialThe combined ethyl acetate layers were dried (Na2SO4)
6. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-1396eca061054da4b3292c7544d540a9

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_07

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07985769B2