3-Nitro-1-phenoxy-butan-2-ol → (2RS,3RS)-3-amino-1-phenoxy-butan-2-ol

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3-Nitro-1-phenoxy-butan-2-ol (1.7 g, 8.0 mmol) in methanol (50 mL) was hydrogenated over platinum oxide (300 mg) at atmospheric pressure overnight. The mixture was filtered through celite and purified by semi-preparative HPLC (XBridge, C18, 5 μm, 19×50 mm, 12 min gradient of 5-20% acetonitrile in (water+2 mL NH3/L). Fractions containing the faster eluting peak were pooled and concentrated to give the subtitle compound (409 mg).

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