4-[4-[2-(Acetylamino)propyl]phenyl]-4-oxobutanoic acid → 4-[4-[2-(Acetylamino)propyl]phenyl]butanoic acid

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Four and two-tenths g (0.015 moles) of 4-[4-[2-(Acetylamino)propyl]phenyl]-4-oxobutanoic acid was shaken under fifty lb/in2 of hydrogen pressure in 200 ml of acetic acid in the presence of one gram of 10% Pd/C in a Parr apparatus. Reduction was complete in approximately 1.25 hours. After removal of the catalyst by filtration, the solvent was distilled in the rotary evaporator leaving 3.8 g of a colorless syrup. An aliquot of the syrup was rubbed under acetonitrile whereupon it crystallized. Recrystallization from acetonitrile yielded white crystals of mp 114°-117°.

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