HCID 57890274, compound → HCID 11405316, compound

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3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2H-chromen-7-ol 25.5 g (70 mmoles), 10% Pd/Al2O3 3.95 g and 200 ml of ethanol were combined in a 2-neck 500 ml round bottom flask. The reaction was hydrogenated at low pressure using standard conditions for 3 hours. The reaction was filtered through Celite to remove the catalyst, rinsed through with ethanol (300 ml). The filtrate was concentrated to ˜50 ml before being poured into chilled, stirred water (1.4 L). A pale orange precipitate formed which then formed a brown oil. The mixture was then extracted with diethyl ether, the combined organic layers washed with water (3×1 L), brine (1×500 ml), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and filtered. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give red/brown oil. The product was recrystallised from diethyl ether (˜100 ml), to give brown solid which was rinsed with chilled diethyl ether to give off-white crystals 11.3 g. The 1H NMR spectrum and numbering scheme being shown below.

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