3-Methoxy-4-nitrophenyl-benzyl ether → 4-Amino-3-methoxyphenol

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1-Benzyloxy-3-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene (11.0 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml)-methanol (100 ml), and then 10% palladium carbon (5.0 g) was added thereto, followed by replacing with hydrogen inside the system and stirring overnight. After replacing with nitrogen inside the system, the reaction mixture was filtered to remove the catalyst, which was washed with tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate and methanol in this order. The filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure to give a residue, which was dried in vacuum to provide the titled compound (5.88 g, quantitatively) as brown powder.

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