HCID 12743485, compound → HCID 12743495, compound

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2-Benzoyl-4-methoxyphenylacetic acid (215.5 g, 0.80 mole) was divided into two equal portions, and each was dissolved in glacial AcOH (1.5 L) in a 2.5 L pressure bottle. 5% Pd/C (10 g, 0.0048 mole) was added to each, and each mixture was shaken at ambient temperature under hydrogen on a Parr apparatus. After 2.5 hr, the mixtures were filtered to remove the catalyst, and the filter pads were washed with EtOAc. The combined filtrates were concentrated to give the title compound (215 g, quantitative) as a heavy yellow oil which crystallized on standing: 1H NMR (250 MHz, CDCl3) δ7.05-7.35 (m, 6H), 6.77 (dd, J=8.3, 2.7 Hz, 1H), 6.71 (d, J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 4.00 (s, 2H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 3.54 (s, 2H).

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