Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(4-Boc-piperazinyl)-2-(2-methylphenyl)acetic acid

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To 4-(Ethoxycarbonyl-o-tolyl-methyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (152) (0.83 g, 2.27 mmol) in EtOH (10 mL) was added NaOH (0.46 g, 11.38 mmol) and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 18 h. The reaction mixture was then concentrated to dryness. The resulting residue was taken up in H2O (100 mL) and acidified (pH=4–6) with 25% KHSO4, and the desired acid was extracted into EtOAc (100 mL). The organic phase was washed with H2O (100 mL) and brine (100 mL) and concentrated to dryness yielding 0.66 g (86%) pure product.

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