Acetic Acid → trans-6-Aminomethyl-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-4-(2-oxopyrrolidinyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-3-ol

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trans-6-Cyano-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-4-(2-oxopyrrolidinyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-3-ol (5 g, prepared as described in J.Med.Chem. 29, 2194 (1986)), in ethanol (375 ml) and glacial acetic acid (75 ml) containing concentrated HCl (5 ml) was shaken in the presence of 10% Pd/C (1 g) in an atmosphere of hydrogen for 4 h. The catalyst was filtered off and the solution neutralised with 10% aqueous NaOH solution, and the solution evaporated to dryness. Acid-base extraction, and drying of a dichloromethane solution of the residue, furnished, after recrystallisation from ethyl acetate-pentane, 2.03 g of the required aminomethyl compound of example 4 of mp 191°-193° C. as the hemihydrate.

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