Ethanol → 2-Methyl-5-benzofuranamine oxalate

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To a 35° C. mixture of 50 g of 2-methyl-5-nitrobenzofuran, ethanol (250 mL), THF (250 mL) and wet 10% Pd/C (4 g) was added ammonium formate (53.4 g, 0.85 mol) over 50 min. After an additional 4 h, the reaction was cooled to room temperature and filtered through Celite. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was taken up in methyl t-butyl ether (415 mL). This mixture was filtered and a solution of oxalic acid (25.4 g) in methanol (80 mL) was added dropwise. The precipitate was stirred for 2 h, collected, washed with methanol/TBME and dried to provide 2-methyl-5-benzofuranamine oxalate.

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