Oxalyl chloride → Methyl 1-(4-oxochroman-6-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylate

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To a solution of 1-[4-(2-carboxy-ethoxy)-phenyl]-cyclopropanecarboxylic methyl ester (5.0 g, 20 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (50 mL) were added oxalyl chloride (4.8 g, 38 mmol) and two drops of DMF at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0˜5° C. for 1 h and then evaporated under vacuum. To the resulting mixture was added CH2Cl2 (50 mL) at 0° C. and stirring was continued at 0˜5° C. for 1 h. The reaction was slowly quenched with water and was extracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and evaporated under vacuum to give the crude product, which was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 20:1-2:1) to give 1-(4-oxochroman-6-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (830 mg, 19%) and methyl 1-(4-oxochroman-6-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (1.8 g, 38%). 1-(4-Oxochroman-6-yl)cyclopropane-carboxylic acid:

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