Hydrochloric Acid → 959749-03-2

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Methyl 5-chloro-2-cyclopropoxybenzoate was dissolved in THF/H2O (1:1, 400 mL), then sodium hydroxide (16 g, 0.4 mol) was added. The mixture was heated to 60° C. and stirred for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, then the pH was adjusted to 4 using 4N aqueous HCl, resulting in precipitation of the product. The precipitate was collected by filtration and azeotroped with toluene to afford 19 g (96%) of 5-chloro-2-cyclopropoxybenzoic acid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 12.96 (br, 1H), 7.58 (m, 2H), 7.43 (q, 1H), 3.91 (m, 1H), 0.81 (m, 4H).

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