Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 19036696, compound

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In 100 ml of methanol was dissolved 6.44 g (23.1 mmol) of methyl 4-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-2-hydroxybenzoate (compound 1 obtained in Example 1), and an aqueous solution of 3.0 g (53.5 mmol) of KOH was added thereto at room temperature to obtain a reaction mixture. The resulting reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 4 hours, followed by cooling to room temperature, and methanol was evaporated. The residue was poured into 200 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid to be rendered acidic and then extracted with 200 ml of ethyl acetate. The extract was washed successively with two 200 ml portions of water and two 200 ml portions of a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated. Recrystallization of the resulting crude product from ethyl acetate/hexane gave 4.64 g (76%) of 4-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-2-hydroxybenzoic acid represented by the following chemical formula (hereinafter referred to as compound 14) as white crystals. The analytical results of the product are shown below. ##STR35##

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