Ammonium formate → 2-Amino-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]ethanol

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To a stirred rt suspension consisting of 2-azido-1-(4-methylsulfanyl-phenyl)-ethanol (104.6 mg, 0.50 mmol), 10% Pd/C (100 mg, 0.10 mmol) and MeOH (25 mL) was added ammonium formate (316 mg, 5.0 mmol) under a N2 atmosphere. The resulting mixture was heated at 64° C. for 2 h. After cooling to rt, the catalyst was removed by filtration through a pad of celite and the celite pad washed with MeOH. The filtrate was concentrated and purified (FCC) to yield the title compound (66 mg, 72%).

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