Lithium Hydroxide → 1-(6-Chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4'-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclopentane carboxylic acid

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The ethyl 1-(6-chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclopentane carboxylate (80 mg) dissolved in 10 mL of MeOH/THF/H2O (10 mL/10 mL/5 mL) and 57 mg LiOH added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 h and concentrated under reduced pressure. Water (10 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by column chromatography over silica gel (hexane/EtOAc 9:1) gave 1-(6-Chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclopentane carboxylic acid (45 mg) as a white solid. 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): 7.74 (d, 2H), 7.55 (d, 2H), 7.08 (s, 1H), 4.44 (q, 2H), 2.66 (m, 2H), 1.98 (m, 2H), 1.78 (m, 4H).

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