Sodium Hydroxide → 2,6-Dichloro-alpha-methylenebenzene propanoic acid

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Under an inert atmosphere, 120 ml of 2N sodium hydroxide were added to 53.3 g of the product of Step B in suspension in 500 ml of methanol. After refluxing the mixture for 2 hours, the solvents were eliminated under reduced pressure, and the residual aqueous phase was extracted with ether. After acidifying with 5N hydrochloric acid, extraction was done again with ether and then with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried, and the solvents were eliminated under reduced pressure to obtain 32 g of crude product which was crystallized from hexane and then melted at 132° C.

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