Ammonium formate → 5-(3-Amino-2-methoxy-phenyl)-furan-2-carboxylic acid

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5-(2-methoxy-3-nitro-phenyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid 4e (4.23 g, 16.09 mmol) was dissolved in 125 mL of ethyl acetate followed by addition of 423 mg of palladium on carbon (10%) and ammonium formate (4.054 g, 64.35 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 3.5 hours. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain the title compound 5-(3-amino-2-methoxy-phenyl)-furan-2-carboxylic acid 4f (2.79 g, yield 74.4%) as a light green solid.

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