Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Chloro-4-(4-fluorobenzyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of 5-chloro-4-(4-fluorobenzyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (190 mg, 0.68 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added sodium hydroxide solution (1.36 mL, 1 N). The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, and afterwards acidified with hydrochloric acid (15 mL, 1N) and poured into ethyl acetate (50 mL). The phases were separated and the water phase was extracted with additional ethyl acetate; the organic portions were combined, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude material (186 mg, quant.) a white solid, was sufficiently pure to be used in the next step without further purification. MS (ESI, m/z): 264.0 (M−H−).

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