Lithium Hydroxide → 4-((5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-8,8-dimethyl-5-oxonaphth-2-yl)ethynyl]benzoic acid

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To a suspension of 0.30 g (0.87 mmol) of ethyl 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8,8-dimethyl-5-oxonaphth-2yl)ethynyl]benzoate (Compound 1) in 4 ml of THF and 2 ml of ethanol was added 2 ml (2 mmol) of LiOH (1N aqueous solution). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours, concentrated in vacuo to near dryness, partitioned between EtOAc and 1 ml of water and acidified to pH 4 with 10% HCl. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc and then the organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a light yellow solid.

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