Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 69177739, compound

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To an ˜3:1 mixture of benzoic acid 4-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-2-methylene-butyl ester and benzoic acid 3-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-ylmethyl)-but-3-enyl ester (4.11 g, 12.3 mmol) in methanol (123 mL) was added NaOH (1.21 g, 30.3 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (250 mL) and saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (125 mL). The phases were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine (3×30 mL), dried (MgSO4), and concentrated. Purification of the crude material by column chromatography on silica gel (2:1 hexanes-ethyl acetate) provided 0.83 g (29%) of 2-(3-Hydroxymethyl-but-3-enyl)-isoindole-1,3-dione as a white solid and 0.19 g (7%) of 2-(4-Hydroxy-2-methylene-butyl)-isoindole-1,3-dione as a white solid.

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