Methanol → 4-Phenyl-3-pyrrolidinol

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A mixture of benzyl 3-hydroxy-4-phenylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (125 mg, 0.000420 mol), palladium (25 mg, 0.000023 mol) in methanol (10 mL, 0.2 mol) was stirred under a H2 atmosphere (balloon with H2) over 2 hours. LCMS indicated that the starting material was consumed. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to yield the product (62 mg). LCMS: m/z 163.9 (M+H+).

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