Ethyl acetate hexane → Pogostone

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Undernitrogen, 2.8 g of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-(4-methyl-2-pentenoyl)-2-pyrone was dissolved in ethyl acetate and 0.14 g of 5% palladium/carbon was added thereto. The nitrogen in the reaction vessel was substituted by hydrogen and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. After that, the reaction mixture was filtered through a Celite pad and the Celite pad was washed with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The solution combined the filtrate with the washing solution was washed with 0.1% hydrochloric acid once, water twice and saturated brine once, subsequently. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a residue, which was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate =6/1) to give 2.68 g of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-(4-methylpentanoyl)-2-pyrone.

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