Water → 6-Chloro-5-fluoropicolinic acid

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Methyl 6-chloro-5-fluoropicolinate (1.35 g, 7.095 mmol) was dissolved in THF:H2O=6:1 (42 ml), followed by addition of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (596 mg, 14.19 mmol), and then the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The resulting reaction liquid was concentrated under reduced pressure, dissolved by addition of distilled water (20 ml), acidified by slow addition of 1N aqueous HCl solution, and then extracted with 5% MeOH/MC (30 ml×2). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, followed by filtration, concentration, and vacuum drying, to obtain 1.04 g of white solid (80%).

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