Hydrochloric Acid → 3-[(3-Cyano-phenylcarbamoyl)-methoxy]-benzoic acid

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Add lithium hydroxide (0.15 g, 6.3 mmol) to a suspension of 3-[(3-cyano-phenylcarbamoyl)-methoxy]-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.94 g, 3.1 mmol) in a 1:1 mixture of MeOH:water (30 mL). Stir the mixture at room temperature for 15 h then adjust the pH of the reaction to slightly acidic by the addition of a 2 N solution of hydrochloric acid. A solid precipitates from solution. Collect by filtration, wash with water, and dry on the filter pad to provide 0.650 g of 3-[(3-cyano-phenylcarbamoyl)-methoxy]-benzoic acid as a solid.

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