Lithium Hydroxide → 4-Tert-butyl-3-cyanobenzoic acid

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A mixture of methyl 4-tert-butyl-3-cyano-benzoate (380 mg, 1.75 mmol), LiOH (3.5 mL of 2.0 M, 7.0 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (3.5 mL) was heated at 60° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was made acidic and was washed with dichloromethane (2×8 mL). The organics were combined, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness to give 4-tert-butyl-3-cyanobenzoic acid (348 mg, 98%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3CN) δ 9.77 (s, 1H), 8.31 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (dd, J=8.4, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 1.55 (s, 9H). 4-Cyano-3-methylbenzoic acid was also prepared using the procedures described above.

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