Potassium Hydroxide → 2-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethoxy)benzoic acid

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Methyl 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)benzoate (8 g., 34.2 mmoles) potassium hydroxide (3.3 g., 350 mmoles), water (50 ml.) and alcohol (25 ml.) are heated together under reflux for 1.5 hours, and distilled until ca. 25 ml. of distillate is removed. The cooled residue is acidified (pH 3) and the resulting white solid is collected and recrystallized (aqueous alcohol) to give fluffy white solid, m.p. 85°-86.5° C.

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