4-Benzyloxybenzylamine → 4-Hydroxybenzylamine

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10% Palladium-carbon catalyst (water content 50%, 50 mg) was added to a solution of 4-benzyloxybenzylamine (530 mg, 2.485 mmol, 1.0 eq) in THF (10 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature in a stream of hydrogen. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1) to give 4-hydroxybenzylamine (260 mg, 85.0%).

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