Lithium Hydroxide → HCID 28830798, compound

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Reaction Steps

Lithium hydroxide (281 mg, 6.71 mmol) in water (20 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of (4-cyanophenyl)methyl 5-bromo-2-{[(4-cyanophenyl)methyl]oxy}benzoate (may be prepared as described in Description 23; 300 mg, 0.67 mmol) in THF (20 ml) over 5 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at 20° C. for 16 h. The organic phase was evaporated and the aqueous phase (20 ml) was extracted with ethyl acetate (20 ml). The aqueous phase (20 ml) was adjusted to pH 2 with 2M hydrochloric acid (1 ml). The aqueous phase was then extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 ml). The organic phase was then evaporated in vacuo to yield the title compound as a light yellow solid. 145 mg.

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