1: 77 percent / 0.4M K2CO3 / methanol; H2O / 0.5 h / Heating 2: 4LiCl-4H2O-2NaHCO3 / dimethylsulfoxide / 3 h / 165 °C / also with NaCl; reagent conc., temp., reaction time varied; other substrates: CH3 and C2H5 esters of this acid; stereochemistry investigated View Scheme
1: 77 percent / 0.4M K2CO3 / methanol; H2O / 0.5 h / Heating 2: 4LiCl-4H2O-2NaHCO3 / dimethylsulfoxide / 3 h / 165 °C / also with NaCl; reagent conc., temp., reaction time varied; other substrates: CH3 and C2H5 esters of this acid; stereochemistry investigated View Scheme