Hydrochloric Acid → Benzyl 1-hydroxycyclopropanecarboxylate

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Triethylamine (1.0 ml) and benzyl bromide (650 μl) were added to a solution of 1-hydroxycyclopropanecarboxylic acid (409 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (3.0 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 23 hours. Methylene chloride and 1N hydrochloric acid were added to the reaction mixture to separate the mixture into two layers. An organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. A crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to obtain the title compound (607 mg).

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