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

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Ethyl 2-(6-chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)-4-methylpentanoate (320 mg, 0.647 mmol) was dissolved in a MeOH/THF/H2O (10 mL/10 mL/5 mL) mixture, LiOH (163 mg, 3.88 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 h and then 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 evaporated under reduced pressure. Purification was achieved by re-crystallization in hexane/ether mixture to give 2-(6-chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)-4-methylpentanoic acid (220 mg) as a white solid. 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): 7.74 (d, 2H), 7.55 (d, 2H), 7.01 (s, 2H), 4.44 (q, 2H), 3.68 (t, 1H), 1.98 (m, 2H), 1.61 (m, 1H), 1.54 (m, 1H), 0.95 (d, 6H)

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