Lithium Hydroxide → 3-Cyano-4-(cyclopropylmethoxy)benzoic acid

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Methyl 3-cyano-4-[(cyclopropylmethyl)oxy]benzoate (D23; 74 mg, 0.320 mmol) was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen with lithium hydroxide (15.33 mg, 0.640 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) (2 ml), methanol (2 ml) and water (1 ml) for 20 h. The mixture was partitioned between water (20 ml), 2N hydrochloric acid (5 ml) and ethyl acetate (3×20 ml), and the organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (51 mg)

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