Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(Prop-2-en-1-yloxy)propanoic acid

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2-Allyloxypropionic acid ethyl ester (147.2 g, 0.93 mol), water (300 ml) and NaOH (44.7 g) were fed into a flask, followed by agitating the mixture for about 5 to 6 hours while the reaction temperature was kept at about 60° C., thereafter dropwise adding conc. hydrochloric acid (90 ml) under ice cooling, extracting the resulting deposited oily substance with isopropyl ether, drying over MgSO4 and carrying out vacuum distillation to obtain 2-allyloxypropionic acid (95.7 g, 108° C./5 mmHg). Yield: 79%.

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