Hydrochloric Acid → (+/-)-Cyclopentyl[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]acetic acid

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4.98 g (17.4 mmol) of methyl cyclopentyl[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]acetate were initially charged in a mixture of in each case 24.9 ml of THF, methanol and water, and 1.04 g (43.49 mmol) of lithium hydroxide were added at 0° C. The reaction mixture was warmed to RT and stirred at this temperature for 4 h. The mixture was then diluted with water and acidified slightly with 1 N hydrochloric acid. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. This gave 4.56 g of the target compound as a crude product (yield 96.3% of theory).

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