Methanol → (1R*,5S*,6RS)-8-benzyl-6-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-1-phenyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-one

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A mixture of (1R*,5S*,6RS)-8-benzyl-6-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-1-phenyl-8-azabicylco[3.2.1]oct-3-en-2-one (Description 23; 26 g, 66 mmol), 10% palladium on charcoal (3.5 g, 3.3 mmol), ethyl acetate (50 ml) and methanol (100 ml) was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere (1 atm) at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was treated with dichloromethane (500 ml), filtered through a pad of Celite™. The filter cake was well washed with dichloromethane and the filtrate was concentrated to give the title compound as a solid (26 g, 100%). The isomers were separated on silica gel (iso-hexane:ethyl acetate) and crystallised from acetone:iso-hexane yielding pure ketones as a colourless crystals.

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