Lithium Hydroxide → 2-(4-Chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-propionic acid

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A solution of 2-(4-chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-propionic acid methyl ester (260 mg, 0.834 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (3 mL) was treated with a 0.8M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (1.25 mL, 1.00 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 15 h. The resulting reaction mixture was partitioned between water (50 mL) and ethyl acetate (50 mL) and then treated with a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (10 mL). The layers were shaken and separated. The aqueous layer was further extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford 2-(4-chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-propionic acid (243 mg, 98%) as a yellow solid which was used without further purification: mp 112-115° C.; FAB-HRMS m/e calcd for C14H16ClNO4 (M+H)+ 298.0847, found 298.0851.

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