Lithium Hydroxide → 1-(6-Chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4'-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclobutanecarboxylic acid

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Ethyl 1-(6-chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclobutanecarboxylate (0.1 g) dissolved in MeOH/THF/H2O (10 mL/10 mL/5 mL) and 70 mg LiOH added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 h and concentrated under reduced pressure. Water (10 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. Purification by column chromatography over silica gel (hexane/EtOAc 9:1) gave 1-(6-chloro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)cyclobutanecarboxylic acid (75 mg) of the product as a white solid. 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): 7.74 (d, 2H), 7.53 (d, 2H), 6.99 (s, 1H), 6.97 (s, 1H), 4.43 (q, 2H), 2.88 (m, 2H), 2.54 (m, 2H), 2.15 (m, 1H), 1.93 (m, 1H)

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