Lithium Hydroxide → HCID 71743897, compound

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Reaction Steps

Lithium hydroxide (0.9 g, 21.0 mmol) was added to a stirred suspension of methyl 4-chloro-5-methoxy-6-nitrobenzofuran-2-carboxylate (2.0 g, 7.0 mmol) in methanol-water (3:1) (40 mL). The reaction was allowed to stir for 3 h at room temperature. The reaction was then concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was dissolved in water and washed with diethyl ether. The aqueous phase was acidified by the addition of 2M aqueous hydrochloric acid then extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were passed through a phase separation cartridge and evaporated to afford a white solid (1.17 g, 61%), which was taken through to the next step with no further purification.

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