Methanol → HCID 15296555, compound

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A mixture of 6.1 g (16.6 mmol) of (E)-7-(phenylmethoxy)-8-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one from the preceding example, 1 g of 10% palladium on carbon, 100 mL of methanol, and 300 mL of ethyl acetate was stirred at room temperature, in an atmosphere of hydrogen until approximately one third of the theoretical volume of hydrogen gas was taken up. The catalyst was filtered with suction and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in 150 mL of methanol and 0.5 g of Raney nickel was added. The hydrogenation was continued with careful monitoring by TLC analysis. When the reduction was essentially complete, the catalyst was filtered with suction and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The solid residue (4.75 g) was combined with 6.4 g from another experiment (23.9 mmol scale) and chromatographed on silica gel. Elution with hexane-ethyl acetate mixtures afforded 10.73 g (93.9%) of the title compound as a colorless solid, mp 110°-112° C.

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