Potassium Permanganate → 3-Chloro-4-cyclohexylbenzoic acid

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An aqueous alkaline solution of potassium permanganate (2.94 g, 0.0186 mol; in 22 mL 12% aqueous sodium hydroxide) is added to solution of 1-(3-chloro-4-cyclohexylphenyl)ethanone (2.2 g, 0.0093 mol) in dioxane (11 mL). The reaction mixture is stirred at 80° C. temperature for 2 hrs. It is then filtered and the filtrate is washed with diethyl ether (2×10 mL). The pH of the aqueous layer is adjusted to 1-2 by using 6N hydrochloric acid. It is extracted in ethyl acetate (3×15 mL). Combined organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to get the crude, which is purified using column chromatography (230-400 mesh; ethyl acetate:n-hexane, 1:3) to yield 3-chloro-4-cyclohexyl benzoic acid.

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