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温度

60 °C

Methyl 4-ethyl-2-methylbenzoate (example 10c) (2.37 g) was dissolved in aq. NaOH (1M, 40 mL) and the solution heated at 60° C. overnight. The mixture was washed with hexanes and the aqueous layer was acidified with 6N HCl to pH 2. The title product was obtained as a white precipitate, following filtration and drying (2.17 g, 80%).

1. washThe mixture was washed with hexanes