Lithium Hydroxide → 2-Oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazole-6-carboxylic acid

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To ethyl 2-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[d]oxazole-6-carboxylate in THF (20 mL) was added LiOH (2 g in 10 mL water). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours. The solvent was evaporated. The residue was taken up in water and acidified with 5 N HCl to pH=5. The solid was recovered by filtration, washing with water, to provide the pure product as a tan solid (1.44 g, 80%). LCMS (API-ES) m/z: 180 (M+H+).

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