Water → (+/-)-2-Cyclopentyl-2-(4-((1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid

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8.5 g (20.26 mmol) of tert-butyl(+/−)-2-cyclopentyl-2-(4-((1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)methyl)-phenyl)acetate were initially charged in 95 ml of dichloromethane, 31.2 ml (405.2 mmol) of trifluoroacetic acid were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. Water (250 ml) was then added, and the reaction mixture was extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phase was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. This gave 6.98 g (95% of theory) of the target compound.

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