Ethyl Acetate → 4-t-Butyl-5-hydroxy-2-methylbenzofuran

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A solution of 1.0 g of 5-benzyloxy-4-t-butyl-2-formylbenzofuran in a mixed solvent of 50 ml of ethyl acetate and 2 ml of acetic acid was vigorously stirred with 1.0 g of 10% palladium on carbon for 20 hours in a hydrogen atmosphere. After the palladium on carbon was filtered out, the filtrate was concentrated and the concentrate was purified by silica gel column chromatography (in n-hexane containing 20% ethyl acetate) to give 0.11 g of 4-t-butyl-5-hydroxy-2-methylbenzofuran as a white crystal (yield 17%).

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