Lithium Hydroxide → 4-Cyano-5-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid

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Lithium hydroxide (2 N, 2 ml) was warmed to 40° C. and a solution of ethyl 4-cyano-5-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate (Intermediate 14, 0.16 g) in 2 ml of MeOH was added. The reaction temperature was gradually increased to 90° C. and the reaction was stirred at that temperature for 2 hours. Then MeOH was removed and the remaining aqueous solution was cooled to 0° C. and acidified with 3 M HCl (pH ˜2). The acidic solution was extracted with EtOAc, the combined organic extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give brown solid (0.07 g, crude).

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