Water → 4-(Methoxycarbonyl)bicyclo(2.2.1)heptane-1-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of dimethyl bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-1,4-dicarboxylate (2.00 g, 9.44 mmol, as prepared in Aust. J. Chem., 1985, 38, 1705-18) in MeOH (47 mL) was added KOH (0.475 g, 8.46 mmol) and water (2.5 mL). The reaction was stirred at reflux for about 16 h and then cooled to room temperature and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. Water (25 mL) was added to the remaining residue and the mixture was extracted with Et2O (2×25 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified to about pH 4 using aqueous 6 N HCl and was extracted with DCM (3×20 mL). The combined DCM extracts were dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated to provide 4-(methoxycarbonyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-1-carboxylic acid as an off-white solid (1.19 g, 71%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 12.19 (s, 1H), 3.61 (s, 3H), 1.92 (d, J=6.6 Hz, 4H), 1.76 (s, 2H), 1.65-1.54 (m, 4H).

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