Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 3-(4-Nitrophenoxy)benzoic acid

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To a vigorously stirred mixture of 4-(3-ethoxycarbonylphenoxy)-1-nitrobenzene (5.14 g, 17.9 mmol) in a 3:1 THF/water solution (75 mL) was added a solution LiOH.H2O (1.50 g, 35.8 mmol) in water (36 mL). The resulting mixture was heated at 50° C. overnight, then cooled to room temp., concentrated under reduced pressure, and adjusted to pH 2 with a 1M HCl solution. The resulting bright yellow solids were removed by filtration and washed with hexane to give 4-(3-carboxyphenoxy)-1-nitrobenzene (4.40 g, 95%).

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