Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Carbamoyl-4-cyclobutyl-2-methylbenzoic acid

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To a 1-L round bottom flask was added methyl 5-cyano-4-cyclobutyl-2-methylbenzoate (compound 6.4, 12.00 g, 52.3 mmol) and dissolved in DMSO (100 mL). With stirring, aqueous sodium hydroxide (1 M, 260 mL, 260 mmol) was added carefully and the mixture was purged with nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 95° C. for 13 hours and then cooled to room temperature. The solution was washed with diethyl ether (100 mL) and the basic aqueous was acidified to pH˜2 by slow addition of aqueous HCl (1M) followed by aqueous H3PO4 (1M). The precipitated solids were filtered, and washed with water (2×100 mL), then dried to constant mass to yield the title compound as a white powder (11.68 g, 96%). m/z (ES−) 232 (M−H)−. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 12.75 (br s, 1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.74 (br s, 1H), 7.34 (br s, 1H), 7.28 (s, 1H), 3.90 (app p, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 2.56 (s, 3H), 2.32-2.20 (m, 2H), 2.16-2.02 (m, 2H), 2.00-1.87 (m, 1H), 1.82-1.71 (m, 1H).

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