N-{4-[(Z)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethenyl]thiazol-2-yl}acetamide → N-{4-[2-(4-aminophenyl)ethyl]thiazol-2-yl}acetamide

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A mixture of N-{4-[(Z)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethenyl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}acetamide (2 g) and 10% palladium carbon (400 mg) in methanol (25 ml), tetrahydrofuran (25 ml) and acetic acid (18 ml) was stirred under 4 atm hydrogen at ambient temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through a celite pad, and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic solution was washed with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography over silica gel with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (1:2)→ethyl acetate as an eluent, and triturated with ethyl alcohol/ethyl ether to give N-(4-(2-(4-aminophenyl)ethyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)acetamide (539.6 mg) as an off-white solid.

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