Water → 2-Amino-4-phenoxyphenol

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10% Palladium on carbon, 50% water wet (1.43 g, 1.34 mmol) and 2-nitro-4-phenoxyphenol (3.10 g, 13.4 mmol) were combined under nitrogen and 30 mL MeOH was added. The mixture was exposed to H2 from a balloon and was stirred rapidly overnight. In the morning the reaction was flushed with nitrogen and filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 2-amino-4-phenoxyphenol as a light brown solid. MS (ESI) m/z: Calculated: 201.1; Observed: 202.1 (M++1).

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