Hydrogen Bromide → Falnidamol

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9 ml of 2N sodium hydroxide solution are added to a mixture of 9 g (0.019 mol) of (4), 81 ml of methanol and 9 ml of THF and the mixture is refluxed for 1 hour. Then 0.45 g of Pd/C (10%) are added and 4.5 ml of formic acid are added dropwise at boiling temperature. The mixture is refluxed for 24 hours, filtered off and evaporated down in vacuo to leave a residue. This is taken up in 90 ml of water and 7.2 ml of conc. hydrobromic acid and combined at ambient temperature with 3.9 ml of hydrogen peroxide (30%). The mixture is stirred for 5 hours at ambient temperature, then the product that crystallises out is filtered off and washed with water. The filter residue is dissolved in methanol, the free base is precipitated by the addition of 30 ml of water and 2N sodium hydroxide solution. Yield: 4.95 g (66%)

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