Water → 4-(5-Hydroxy-benzofuran-2-yl)-benzoic acid

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A mixture of 4-(5-Methoxy-benzofuran-2-yl)-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.5 g, 1.8 mmol) and Pyridine HCl (5 g) was heated to 200° C. After 2 hr, the reaction was cooled and poured into water and exracted with EtOAc. The EtOAc layer was dried over MgSO4, concentrated and the product was purified by column chrmatography on silica gel (75% EtOAc/hex) to give a solid (0.21 g, 47%): 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 13.07 (br s, 1 H), 9.29 (br s, 1 H), 8.02 (d, 2 H, J=8.1 Hz), 7.97 (d, 2 H, J=8.7 Hz), 7.46 (m, 2 H), 6.97 (d, 1H, J=2.9 Hz), 6.79 (dd, 1 H, J=9.3 Hz, 2.9 Hz); MS 253 (M−H)−

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