Potassium Hydroxide → Rac-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-[(tetrahydro-pyran-4-yl)oxy]-acetic acid

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A solution of rac-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-[(tetrahydro-pyran-4-yl)oxy]-acetic acid methyl ester (598 mg, 1.87 mmol) in ethanol (15 mL) was treated with a solution of potassium hydroxide (262 mg, 4.68 mmol) and water (2 mL) and the mixture was allowed to stir at 25° C. After 3 h, the reaction was diluted with water (10 mL) and the ethanol was removed in vacuo. The aqueous layer was then acidified to pH 2 with 1N hydrochloric acid and extracted with dichloromethane (3×15 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. The reaction product was purified by flash chromatography (Merck Silica gel 60, 230-400 mesh, 95/5 chloroform/methanol plus 1% acetic acid) to afford rac-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-[(tetrahydro-pyran-4-yl)oxy]-acetic acid (544 mg, 95% yield) as a clear colorless oil: EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C13H14Cl2O4 (M+) 304.0269, found 304.0259.

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