Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 66648453, compound

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The 3-Benzyl-2-ethyl-2-hydroxysuccinic acid diethyl ester thus obtained was dissolved in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL), added with water (5 mL) and 5 M sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (15 mL), and stirred at 100° C. for 15 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, adjusted to pH 1 with 1 M hydrochloric acid, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer having been washed with 1 M hydrochloric acid and brine was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then filtered. The organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 1.0 g (quantitative) of 3-benzyl-2-ethyl-2-hydroxysuccinic acid as a solid.

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