2-{1-[2-(Benzyloxy)phenyl]vinyl}-6-phenylpyridine → 2-{1-[2-(Benzyloxy)phenyl]ethyl}-6-phenylpyridine

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A mixture of 18.0 g (50.0 mmol) of 19, 1.8 g of 10% Pd on charcoal, and 180 mL of anhydrous ethanol was hydrogenated in a stainless steel autoclave at 20 atm constant pressure of hydrogen and 80° C. The reaction was carried out for ca. 4 hr, i.e. until hydrogen consumption was finished. The resulting mixture was filtered through glass frit, and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated from the residue using flash-chromatography on silica gel 60 (40-63 um, eluent: hexanes-ethyl acetate from 50:1 to 2:1, vol.) to yield 13.1 g (73%) of the title product.

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