Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-3-(4'-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)acrylic Acid

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6.27 mL of a 1M sodium hydroxide solution is added to a solution of 0.9 g (3.13 mmol) of ethyl (E)-3-(4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)acrylate in 30 mL of ethanol and stirred for 3 hours at ambient temperature. The reaction is stopped by the addition of 6.27 mL of 1N hydrochloric acid and the reaction mixture is stirred for 2 hours. Then the mixture is evaporated down, the residue is combined with water, and the precipitate is filtered off. The precipitate is repeatedly rinsed with water and dried at 80° C. in the vacuum drying chamber. Yield: 0.68 g (67% of theory); C15H11ClO2 (M=258.70); calc.: molecular ion peak (M−H)−: 257/259; found: molecular ion peak (M−H)−: 257/259; Rf value: 0.5 (silica gel, dichloromethane/methanol (90:10)).

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