Trifluoroacetic acid → 4-(2-Ethoxycarbonylphenoxy)butyric acid

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Ethyl 2-(3-tert-butoxycarbonylpropoxy)benzoate (3.60 g, 11.7 mmol) was treated with an excess of trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature over one hour. The solution was concentrated in vacuo and the oily residue purified by silica gel flash chromatography using (10:1) hexane:ethyl acetate to pure ethyl ether to provide 4-(2-ethoxycarbonylphenoxy)butyric acid as a colorless crystalline solid (2.81 g, 95% yield); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): 7.80 (d, 1H), 7.50 (tr, 1H), 7.00 (m, 2H), 4.40 (q, 2H), 4.15 (tr, 2H), 2.65 (tr, 2H), 2.20 (m, 2H), 1.40 (tr, 3H).

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