Sodium Hydroxide → 8-[4-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)imidazol-1-yl]octanoic acid

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Add sodium hydroxide (1.32 g, 33 mmol) in water (20 mL) to a suspension of 8-[4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imidazol-1-yl]octanoic acid methyl ester (2.60 g, 8 mmol) in methanol (50 mL) at 0° C. under nitrogen and warm the mixture to room temperature and stir for 8 hours. Remove the solvent under reduced pressure, dilute the residue with water (200 mL), cool to 0° C., and acidify to pH 1 with 1 N HCl. Collect the precipitate to provide 8-[4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imidazol-1-yl]octanoic acid (1.70 g, 68%). APCI mass spectrum m/z 301 [C17H22N2O3—H]−.

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