Water → 2-(Benzyloxy)-5-formylbenzoic acid

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Lithium hydroxide (207 mg, 8.66 mmol) and water (2.5 ml) were added to a solution of phenylmethyl 5-formyl-2-[(phenylmethyl)oxy]benzoate (may be prepared as described in description 96) (1 g, 2.89 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 ml) and methanol (2.5 ml). The mixture was stirred overnight. The tetrahydrofuran/methanol was removed in vacuo and the remaining aqueous solution was acidified to pH=1 and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 ml). The solvent was removed in vacuo to yield the title compound as a white solid. 1.1 g.

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