Lithium Hydroxide → 5-Chloro-1,2-oxazole-3-carboxylic acid

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Ethyl-5-chloroisoxazole (1.5 g; 8.54 mmol) was added to a mixture of lithium hydroxide (10 mL; 2M in water) and dioxane (10 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred vigorously at room temperature for 1 h and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was reparted between ethyl acetate and HCl 1M; the phases were separated and the aqueous were extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic rejoined were dried, concentrated under reduced pressure and the crude material 1.2 g (95%) was used without further purification.

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