Triethylamine → 4-Hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-benzofuran-6-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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A mixture of 3,5-bis-benzyloxy-4-(2-methyl-oxiranylmethyl)-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester (227b) (158 g, 0.343 mol), 10% Pd/C (15 g), Et3N (57.3 mL, 0.412 mol) and K2CO3 (56.94 g, 0.412 mol) in MeOH (1.5 L) was stirred under 760 mmHg of H2 at room temperature overnight. TLC (EtOAc/petroleum ether=1/3) showed that the reaction was complete. The mixture was filtered through Celite. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by column chromatography (EtOAc/petroleum ether=1/3) to give a brown oil. The brown oil was further purified by prep. HPLC to give the title compound (18 g, 18.7% yield) as a brown oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 6.98 (s, 1H), 6.82 (s, 1H), 3.67 (d, 1H), 3.56 (d, 1H), 2.80 (d, 1H), 1.48 (s, 9H), 1.35 (s, 3H).

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