Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 18444740, compound

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A suspension of methyl 2-chloro-6-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxybenzoate (2.7 g, 0.010 mol) and sodium hydroxide (1.088 g, 0.0272) in anhydrous ethanol (30 mL) was refluxed for 24 h. The resulting reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under vacuum to get a crude residue. The crude residue was dissolved in water and extracted with ether (3×30 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified with conc.HCl and the precipitated solid was filtered, washed with cold water and dried in vacuo to afford the title compound (1.8 g, yield: 71%) as a solid.

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