Hydrochloric Acid → 950-04-9

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To a 100 mL round bottom flask was added 4-(3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ynyl)benzoate (0.68 g, 2.9 mmol), lithium hydroxide (0.71 g, 29 mmol), and methanol (30 mL): water (10 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, heated at reflux for 1 hour, and reduced in vacuo. Water (100 mL) was added and the mixture was cooled to 0° C. HCl (10 N) was added slowly to the stirred solution until the pH of the solution reached 5. A yellow precipitate formed and was filtered, washed with cold water (3×100 mL), and dried under vacuum to afford 0.540 g (86%) of 4-(3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ynyl)benzoic acid as a light yellow solid.

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