Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 86657444, compound

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4-tert-butylcyclohexanol (10 g, 64.1 mmol) was dissolved in trifluoroacetic acid and then NaNO2 (17.09 g, 256.4 mmol) was added to the solution at 0° C. under an air. After the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours, the solvent was removed in vacuo at room temperature and the residue was added into an aqueous 5% NaHCO3. After the solution was treated with methylene chloride, the aqueous solution was acidified with 10% HCl solution followed by extraction with ethyl acetate to give 3-tert-butyl-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (5.26 g, 41%).

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