Potassium Hydroxide → 1-(Methoxycarbonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

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KOH (42 mg, 0.75 mmol) was added to a solution cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester (100 mg, 0.63 mmol) in methanol. The resulting mixture was stirred for 4 hours at ambient temperature then concentrated. The residue was diluted with water, acidified with conc. HCl and the product was extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 65 mg (71%) of cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid methyl ester.

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