Potassium Hydroxide → 2-(2-Chloro-6-cyclopropylmethoxy-4'-trifluoromethyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-4-methyl-pentanoic acid

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2-(2-Chloro-6-cyclopropylmethoxy-4′-trifluoromethyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-4-methyl-pentanoic acid cyclopropylmethyl ester (0.06 g, 0.12 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of EtOH and H2O (9 mL/1 mL) and KOH (0.1 g, 1.76 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 2 h and after cooling the solvent was evaporated. Then, 6 N HCl was added to adjust the pH to 5 and the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4 and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 2-(2-chloro-6-cyclopropylmethoxy-4′-trifluoromethyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-4-methyl-pentanoic acid as a yellowish solid (0.046 g, 85%). M.p.=115-116° C. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3/TMS): δ 7.67 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.42 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.08 (s, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 3.77 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 3.65 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 2.04-1.94 (m, 1H), 1.75-1.66 (m, 1H), 1.60-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.15-0.89 (m, 1H), 0.95 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 6H), 0.54-0.40 (m, 2H), 0.20-0.10 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3/TMS): δ 179.0, 157.1, 140.3, 138.8, 133.8, 130.8, 129.3 (q), 128.2, 124.6, 124.3 (q, 1JCF=271.0 Hz), 121.6, 111.2, 73.4, 49.4, 42.0, 25.9, 22.6, 22.3, 10.0, 3.0.

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