Water → HCID 18987245, compound

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By using a similar procedure to that described in example 1 but with 1 g of ethyl 6-(3,5-diphenyl-phenoxy)hexanoate, 0.22 g of potassium hydroxide in pellets, 5 cc of water and 5 cc of ethanol as the starting material (2 hours; reflux), and after recrystallization in a mixture of 10 cc of n-hexane and 2 cc of ethyl acetate, 0.5 g (54%) of 6-(3,5-diphenyl-phenoxy)hexanoic acid was obtained as a white solid. (m.p.=104° C.)

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