Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(Pyrimidin-2-yloxy)acetic acid

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Ethyl 2-pyrimidinyloxyacetate (1.4 g) was dissolved in ethanol (10 ml). Sodium hydroxide (2M aq) was added and the mixture was stirred for 64 h. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was dissolved in water, filtered and the acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected and dried to give the subtitle compound (0.698 g).

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