Hydrochloric Acid → 1-carboxymethyl-5-(3-fluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-benzyloxy)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To an ice cold solution of 1-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-5-(3-fluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-benzyloxy)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (2) in 1 mL of tetrahydrofuran and 0.2 mL of water was added 0.21 mL (0.21 mmol) of 1 M LiOH solution, and the mixture was allowed to warm up to rt for 2 h. The reaction mixture was then acidified with 0.25 mL (0.25 mmol) of 1 M HCl solution, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to give 58.5 mg (0.150 mmol) of 1-carboxymethyl-5-(3-fluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-benzyloxy)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (3) as crude product.

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