3-(2-Ethylbutyl)-1-cyclobutenecarboxylic acid → 3-(2-Ethylbutyl)cyclobutanecarboxylic acid

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3-(2-Ethylbutyl)-1-cyclobutenecarboxylic acid (39.0 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (200 mL). To the solution was added 5 w/w % palladium on activated carbon (5.5 g). The mixture was stirred at RT overnight under hydrogen atmosphere (1 atm). The 5 w/w % palladium on activated carbon was filtered off using Celite and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (Eluent: ethyl acetate/hexane=1/4→1/2) to give the title compound (25.2 g).

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