Trifluoroacetic acid → 3,5-Bis-phenyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester

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At ambient temperature, to a stirred solution of 2'-(2-methoxyethoxymethoxy)-[1,1';3',1"]terphenyl-5'-carboxylic acid methyl ester (1.608 g, 4.098 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (16.08 mL) was added portionwise trifluoroacetic acid (16.08 mL). After 1 h, the reaction was diluted with ether (100 mL), washed sequentially with H2O (3×), with sat. aq. NaHCO3 (3×), with brine (3×), dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to give 1.240 g (99%) of the title compound as a white solid. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 3.83 (s, 3 H), 7.39-7.50 (m, 6 H), 7.55-7.57 (m, 4 H), 7.78 (s, 2 H), 9.28 (s, 1 H).

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