Tetrahydrofuran → 5-(Piperidin-1-yl)pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid

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5-Piperidin-1-yl-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (Preparation 42, 85.1 g, 384 mmol) was added to a solution of sodium hydroxide (61.5 g, 1.53 mol) in water (760 mL). The mixture was stirred mechanically for 1 hour at room temperature. THF (300 mL) was added and stirring was continued for 3 hours. The volatile solvents were removed in vacuo and the remaining aqueous solution was adjusted to pH 4. The mixture was cooled on ice to induce precipitation of the product. The resulting solid was collected by filtration and dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (56 g) in a 70% yield.

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