N-[2-(4-Benzoyloxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]-2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-hydroxyethanamine → N-[2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]-2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-hydroxyethanamine

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N-[2-(4-Benzoyloxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]-2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-hydroxyethanamine (2 g) in ethyl acetate (150 ml) was hydrogenated over 5% palladium on charcoal at atmospheric pressure. After uptake of hydrogen had ceased the mixture was filtered and the filtrate evaporated to dryness. Chromatography of the residual oil on Kieselgel 60 (5% methanol in dichloromethane) gave the title compound, m.p. 135°-8°, (EtOAc-ether), as a 94:6 mixture of diastereoisomers.

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