Lithium Hydroxide → 3-Benzyloxy-5-isopropyl-thiophene-2-carboxylic acid

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1.16 g of methyl 3-benzyloxy-5-isopropyl-thiophene-2-carboxylate were dissolved in 10 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 10 ml of methanol, and a solution of 1.7 g of lithium hydroxide in 10 ml of water was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 22° C. for 72 h. Methanol and THF were stripped off in the rotary evaporator. While cooling in ice, the reaction mixture was adjusted to pH=4 with 2 molar hydrochloric acid and extracted twice with 50 ml of ethyl acetate each time. The combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated.

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