Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Cyclopropyl-1,2-oxazole-3-carboxylic acid

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The mixture of ethyl 5-cyclopropylisoxazole-3-carboxylate (0.550 g; 3.04 mmol) and 1M aqueous sodium hydroxide (9.11 mL; 9.11 mmol) was stirred at room temperature during the weekend (72 h). The pH of the solution was adjusted to 1 by addition of 6N hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and was evaporated to furnish 0.446 g (96%) of 5-cyclopropylisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid as a solid.

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