Water → 2-Naphthylglycolic acid

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A solution of 2-naphthaldehyde (2.0 g, 1.0 eq), benzyltriethylammonium chloride (BTEAC) (0.13 g), and 50% aqueous NaOH (2.3 mL), and β-cyclodextrin (0.10 g) in chloroform (10 mL) was heated at 55° C. for 12 hours. The mixture was then poured into water and the solution washed with EtOAc. The aqueous layer was then acidified to pH 1 by dropwise addition of HCl (conc.). This was extracted with EtOAc, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield a yellow oil (0.75 g, 29%) that was not further purified.

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