3-(1-Hexenyl)-4-methoxybenzoic acid → 3-Hexyl-4-methoxybenzoic acid

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3-(1-Hexenyl)-4-methoxybenzoic acid (160 mg, 0.683 mmol) and ethanol (7 ml) were mixed, and to this solution was added 10% palladium-carbon catalyst (30 mg). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours in a steam of hydrogen. The palladium-carbon catalyst was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by washing with hexane to give 3-hexyl-4-methoxybenzoic acid (116 mg, 72%) as colorless crystals.

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