Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(Thiophen-3-yl)butanoic acid

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Hydrazine hydrate (1.3 mL, 1.34 g, 26.8 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of KOH (3.54 g, 63 mmol) and 2-[2-oxo-2-(3-thienyl) ethyl] malonic acid 8(c) (4.00 g, 17.5 mmol) in ethylene glycol (30 mL). This solution was heated at reflux for 6 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the crude reaction mixture was poured into a mixture of 6N HCl (50 mL) and ice (200 g). This aqueous mixture was saturated with NaCl, then extracted with ether (3×70 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated, in vacuo, to provide an orange oil (2.61 g) of sufficient purity to be employed in the-subsequent reaction without any further purification.

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