Water → 1-(4-chlorobenzyl)nipecotic acid

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An H2O (25 mL) solution of LiOH (1.66 g) was added to a THF (60 mL) solution of ethyl 1-(4-chlorobenzyl)nipecotate. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to provide an amorphous solid. The obtained crude product was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, 50% methanol-dichloromethane) to afford 1-(4-chlorobenzyl)nipecotic acid (9.75 g, 98.2%) as an off-while amorphous solid. The purity was determined by RPLC/MS (>95%). ESI/MS m/e 254.0 (M++H, C13H17ClNO2).

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