{4-[4-(2-Benzyloxy-ethyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-2-yl]-phenyl}-methyl-phenyl-amine → 2-{5-Methyl-2-[4-(methyl-phenyl-amino)-phenyl]-oxazol-4-yl}-ethanol

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A solution of {4-[4-(2-benzyloxy-ethyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-2-yl]-phenyl}-methyl-phenyl-amine (195 mg, 0.490 mmol) in THF (2 mL) and EtOH (10 mL) was treated a slurry of Pd/C (200 mg) in EtOH (2 mL). The resulting mixture was treated with hydrogen under balloon pressure for 14 h and filtered through a pad of Celite. The filtrate was concentrated, and crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography column (50% EtOAc/hexanes) to yield the title compound (91 mg, 60%).

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