Lithium Hydroxide → 3-Nitro-1-naphthoic acid

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To methyl 3-nitro-1-naphthoate (2.5 g, 0.011 mole) (Aldrich) in MeOH/H2O (40 ml) (1:1) was added LiOH (1.8 g, 4 equivalents). The solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The solvent was removed under a stream of N2. The residue was dissolved in H2O and the solution acidified with concentrated HCl. The resulting precipitate was filtered, washed with H2O and dried to yield 3-nitro-1-naphthoic acid (2.18 g) as a white solid.

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