Potassium Hydroxide → 3-(4-Fluorophenyl)pentanoic acid

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This compound was prepared in an analogous manner to Example 18c with the replacement of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)butyrate with ethyl 3-(4-fluorophenyl)valerate (38.95 g 0.144 mol, containing 29% triethyl phosphoneacetate) and using an excess of 85% potassium hydroxide (18.05 g, 0.273 mol, Mallinckrodt). The dichloromethane layers were combined, washed with deionized water (50 ml) and concentrated by spin evaporation in vacuo. The residue was crystallized from hexanes to give 23.47 g (83%) of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)valeric acid as a white crystalline solid: NMR (DMSO-d6): d 12 (s, 1H), 7.28-7.24 (m, 2H), 7.14-7.08 (m, 2H), 2.91-2.89 (m, 1H), 2.64-2.41 (m, 2H), 1.66-162 (m, 1H), 1.56-1.51 (m, 1H), 0.71 (t, 3H, J=7.3 Hz).

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