Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 22854875, compound

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Reaction Steps

3 g of methyl-2-[3-chloro-4-(trans-2-hydroxycyclopentane-1-yl methyl)phenyl]propionate were incorporated with 80 ml of an aqueous methanol containing 1.2 g of sodium hydroxide and then refluxed under heat for two hours. After the end of the reaction, the reaction mixture was treated to concentrate the solvent at a reduced pressure, incorporated with 50 ml of water and washed with 50 ml of ethyl acetate, after which the aqueous layer obtained was adjusted to a pH of 2 with conc. hydrochloric acid. The aqueous layer so adjusted was extracted with 50 ml of ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried and then freed of the solvent to obtain a residue. The thus obtained residue was adsorbed onto a silica gel-packed column and then eluted with chloroform methanol (10:1) to obtain 2.4 g (yield 84%) of oily 2-[3-chloro-4-(trans-2-hydroxycyclopentane-1-yl methyl)phenyl] propionic acid.

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