Sodium Hydroxide → 4-(4-Chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-2-methylpyridine-3-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of methyl 4-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-2-methylnicotinate (40 mg, 0.143 mmol) in MeOH (2 mL) and water (3 mL) was added NaOH (11.44 mg, 0.286 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 14 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and acidified with 1.5N HCl the extracted with ethyl acetate (5 mL). The organic layer was washed with saturated NaHCO3 (2×10 mL) and water (10 mL); dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford crude 4-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-2-methylnicotinic acid (30 mg, 0.113 mmol, 79% yield) as brown solid. This was taken into the next step without further purification. LC/MS, (ESI) m/z 266.1 [(M+H)+, calcd for C13H10ClFNO2. 266.0]; LC/MS retention time (method D): tR=0.64 min.

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