Sodium Bicarbonate → 4-[4-(1,1-Dimethylheptyl)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-2-butanol

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A mixture of 390 mg. (1.02 mmols.) of 4-[2-benzyloxy-4-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)phenyl]-2-butanol, 360 mg. of solid sodium bicarbonate, 100 mg. of 10% palladium-on-carbon and 10 ml. of ethanol is stirred under one atmosphere of hydrogen for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture is filtered through diatomaceous earth with ethyl acetate and evaporated to an oil. The oil is purified via rapid column chromatography on silica gel eluted with ether to give a quantitative yield of the title compound as an oil.

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