Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 13356241, compound

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To a stirred solution of 2-(3-methoxymethoxy-phenyl)-propionic acid ethyl ester in the dichloromethane was added dropwise TFA (150 mL) at 0□. The reaction mixture was stirred 1 h at 0°, and solid sodium bicarbonate (200 g) was added very slowly. The resulting mixture was poured into ice water very slowly and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was chromatographed on silica gel (n-Hex:EtOAc=10:1 to 4:1) to afford the product as colorless oil. (19.0 g, 70.4% 2 steps)

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