tert-Butyl 1-[3-(benzylamino)-4-chlorobenzyl]cyclopropanecarboxylate → tert-Butyl 1-(3-amino-4-chlorobenzyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate

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50.0 g (134.4 mmol) of tert-butyl 1-[3-(benzylamino)-4-chlorobenzyl]cyclopropanecarboxylate were dissolved in 1.5 liters of ethyl acetate, and 1.43 g (1.34 mmol) of palladium (10% on carbon) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT overnight under a hydrogen atmosphere at atmospheric pressure. The reaction mixture was then filtered off with suction through kieselguhr and the filtrate was concentrated. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 10:1). The product obtained was triturated using a methanol/water mixture (70:30) and the solid was isolated. This gave 24.3 g (64.1% of theory) of the target compound.

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