Trifluoroacetic acid → 2-[(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)oxy]acetic acid

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tert-Butyl phthalimidooxyacetate (compound 8) (0.5 g, 1.8 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (5 mL), and trifluoroacetic acid (1.5 mL) was added, as illustrated in FIG. 6. The mixture was stirred at RT for one hour and evaporated to dryness. The residue was azeotroped with chloroform (3 times) to yield a white solid weighing 0.393 g (100% yield). The compound was characterized by NMR and MS as follows: 1) C-NMR (d-DMSO): 73.73, 124.13, 129.43, 135.65, 163.46, 168.87 ppm; and 2) H-NMR (d-DMSO): 4.76 (s, 2H); 7.86 (s, 4H) ppm; and 3) MS (ESI): 220.0 [M−H]−, 463.1 [2M-2H+Na]−.

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