NHS-ester Hydrolysis

Dan Sillence (sillence@dds.nl)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:07:01 +0200

Dear All

I have a NHS-ester of hexanoic acid and would like to hydrolyse it to
liberate the hexanoic acid. I have had a go at methanolic KOH but this did
not seem to work. What else could I try?

Dan
Dan Sillence
Marie Curie Fellow
Amsterdam Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
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Netherlands

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