1-Benzofuran-4-carboxylic acid → 2,3-Dihydro-1-benzofuran-4-carboxylic acid

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Benzofuran-4-carboxylic acid (30.8 mmol, M. A. Eissenstat et al. J. Med. Chem. 1995, 38, 3094-3105) is added to a suspension of Pd/C (10%, 2.00 g) in EtOH (25 mL). Additional EtOH (75 mL) is added and the mixture is stirred at RT under a hydrogen atmosphere (4 bar) for 16 h. After filtration through celite and removal of the solvents the desired product is obtained which is used without further purification. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6): δ=3.45 (t, J=8.79 Hz, 2H); 4.55 (t, J=8.79 Hz, 2H); 6.99 (d, J=7.78 Hz, 1H); 7.21 (t, J=7.91 Hz, 1H); 7.39 (d, J=7.78 Hz, 1H); 12.9 (bs, 1H).

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