Ethyl 3-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylacrylate → Ethyl 3-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanoate

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To a solution of the alkene (515) (0.481 g, 2.0 mmol) in ethyl acetate (20 mL) was added Pd/C (48 mg, 10% Degussa type). A balloon of hydrogen gas was added and the reaction was evacuated and back-filled with hydrogen three times. The reaction was stirred overnight under a hydrogen balloon at room temperature, then filtered through a pad of celite and concentrated in vacuo to provide the intermediate ethyl 3-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanoate (516A) (0.470 g, 96.9%) as a white solid. LC-MS ESI m/z: found 243.2 [M+H]+.

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