Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-yloxyacetic acid

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Methyl 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-yloxyacetate (7.80 g) was dissolved in methanol (100 ml), and a 2N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (20 ml) was added to the resultant solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. 1N hydrochloric acid (45 ml) was added to the reaction solution, and the mixture was concentrated. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 ml), washed with water and saturated brine, and then dried over sodium sulfate. After sodium sulfate was filtered off, the filtrate was concentrated, and the residue was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane to obtain the object compound (6.21 g, yield 84%).

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