Cinnamoylbenzene → Dihydrochalcone

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(42) Chalcone (2.00 g, 9.60 mmol) dissolved in 24 ml of ethyl acetate was hydrogenated with 100 mg of 10% Pd/C at 55 psi for 2 hours at room temperature. The catalyst was filtered through celite, and the solvent evaporated to give the crude product, which was chromatographed on silica gel using 4:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate yielding 1.20 g (60.0%) of a white, flaky powder. 1H NMR (250 MHz) δ 8.00-7.97 (m, 2 H), 7.61-7.21 (m, 8 H), 3.36-3.30 (t, 2 H), 3.13-3.07 (t, 2 H); 13C NMR (62.7 MHz) 199.4, 141.5, 137.0, 133.3, 128.8, 128.6, 128.2, 126.3, 40.6 ppm.

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