5-(2-Methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)oxazole → 3-Methoxy-4-(oxazol-5-yl)aniline

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In a 2 L hydrogenation flask was placed 1C (130.0 g, 0.6131 mol), Pd/C (10%, 26.2 g) and absolute EtOH (1280 mL). The mixture was hydrogenated at 35-45 psi H2 until the reaction was complete. The mixture was filtered over a pad of celite (20 g) and the cake was washed with EtOH (3×100 mL). The filtrate was concentrated to a volume of 350 mL. Heptane (500 mL) was added to the resulting slurry. After stirring for 2 hours at room temperature, the slurry was filtered. The cake was washed with heptane (3×100 mL) and air-dried to give 80.0 g of 1D. Another 30.2 g of product was recovered from the mother liquor affording a total yield of 95%. 1H NMR (CDCl3) d 7.88 (s, 1H), 7.60 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.41 (s, 1H), 6.41 (dd, J=8.4, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 3.34 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 3.98 (bs, 2H), 3.94 (s, 3H).

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