Hydrochloric Acid → (S)-3-(4-Aminomethyl-3-fluoro-phenoxy)-2-methyl-propionic acid methyl ester hydrochloride

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(S)-3-(4-Cyano-3-fluoro-phenoxy)-2-methyl-propionic acid methyl ester (0.14 g) was shaken on a Parr shaker under 50 psi hydrogen for 16 h, using palladium hydroxide on carbon (0.01 g, 30% Pd by wt) in anhydrous methanol (20 mL) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.5 mL). The reaction mixture was filtered through sintered glass, and solvents removed in vacuo to afford 0.18 g of a white solid (95% yield).

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