Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 59438447, compound

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To a solution of 200 mg (0.804 mmol) 2-methoxy-6-nitro-4-trifluoromethyl-benzonitrile in 2.4 ml 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol under argon at 0° C. was added dropwise a solution of 81.3 mg (1.246 mmol) potassium hydroxide in 600 ul water. The mixture was refluxed for 2 days then cooled to room temperature and poured into ice/water. The resulting suspension was filtered and dried in vacuo to provide 112 mg (47%) of the title compound as a white solid. MS (m/e): 317.2 (M+H).

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