Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 58557499, compound

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HCl gas was bubbled through a solution of 2-ethyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentanecarboxylic acid (7.29 g, 42.3 mmol) in EtOH (60 mL) at about 25° C. for about 10 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at about 25° C. for about 72 h. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was partitioned between water (30 mL) and DCM (3×30 mL). The combined organic extracts were concd under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a gradient of 0-100% EtOAc/heptane to give ethyl 2-ethyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentanecarboxylate (4.89 g, 58%) as a yellow oil: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 4.23-4.02 (m, 2H), 3.74-3.47 (m, 2H), 2.96-2.83 (m, 1H), 2.31-2.17 (m, 1H), 2.15-1.98 (m, 2H), 1.97-1.84 (m, 1H), 1.79-1.66 (m, 1H), 1.65-1.50 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.37 (m, 1H), 1.30-1.21 (m, 5H), 1.04-0.82 (m, 3H).

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