Hydrochloric Acid → 2-[5-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-thienyl]acetic acid

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To a solution of methyl 2-[5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-thienyl]acetate in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and methanol (10 mL) was added 1 N aqueous solution of lithium hydroxide (11.83 mL) and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and acidified to pH 1 with 2 N aqueous solution of HCl. The solution was concentrated in vacuo and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetate (30 mL) and water (30 mL). The organic phases were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as an orange solid (1.02 g, quantitative yield) which was used in the next step without further purification.

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