Sodium Hydroxide → benzo[d]isothiazole-5-carboxylic acid

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61 mg of methyl benzo[d]isothiazole-5-carboxylate was dissolved in 1.26 mL methanol and treated with 1.26 mL 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide. The mixture was stirred 18 h at room temperature. The reaction mixture was concentrated, and then diluted with water. Acidified to pH ˜3 and collected the precipitate by filtration. The filtercake was washed with water. The solid was then dried under high vacuum to yield 48 mg of benzo[d]isothiazole-5-carboxylic acid as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δδ ppm 8.08 (dd, J=8.49, 1.46 Hz, 1 H) 8.31 (d, J=8.58 Hz, 1 H) 8.79 (s, 1 H) 9.24 (d, J=0.78 Hz, 1 H).

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