2-Methyl-4-methoxy-5-nitrophenol → Phenol, 5-amino-4-methoxy-2-methyl-

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320 mg of 10% palladium-on-carbon, 2.90 g (15.8 mmol) of 2-methyl-4-methoxy-5-nitrophenol and 75 ml of ethanol were fed into an autoclave (300 ml). The mixture was then hydrogenated at 50° C. under 50 kg/cm2 for 5 hours. After allowing to cool, the catalyst was filtered off and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. Thus 19.0 g (12.4 mmol) of 2-methyl-4-methoxy-5-aminophenol was obtained in the form of brown crystals. The 1H-NMR spectra of this product showed no impurities. The yield was 78%.

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