Lithium Hydroxide → 4-(5-Hydroxypent-1-yn-1-yl)benzoic acid

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LiOH (2 g, 83 mmol) in H2O (30 mL) was added dropwise to a stirring solution of Intermediate 20 (2 g, 9.2 mmol) in THF (30 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at 42° C. for 4 h. After cooling, water (100 mL) and EtOAc (200 mL) were added. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer and the H2O layer were independently neutralized with 1N HCl. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc and the combined organic layers dried over MgSO4 (s). The material was concentrated by rotary evaporation and the crude solid was purified by trituration with EtOAc and hexanes to give the title compound as a white powder (1.75 g, 93%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 13.05 (brs, 1H), 7.88 (dd, 2H, J=8.5, 1.5 Hz), 7.47 (dd, 2H, J=8.5, 1.5 Hz), 4.55 (brs, 1H), 3.50 (t, 2H, J=5.5 Hz), 2.50 (m, 2H), 1.68 (m, 2H); ES/MS calcd. for C12H1O3+205.1. found m/z=205 (M+H)+.

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