1-[4-(Benzyloxy)-2-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl]ethan-1-one → 1-(3-Amino-4-(benzyloxy)-2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone

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Zinc dust (5.5 g) was added portionwise to a suspension of 1-(4-(benzyloxy)-2-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)ethanone (5.5 g) in acetic acid (55 mL) over 15 min, whilst maintaining the internal temperature below 40° C. with an ice bath. The mixture was allowed to attain ambient temperature and stirred for a further 2 h. The mixture was filtered through Celite (caution gets hot, do not allow to dry), washed with acetic acid, and the filtrate poured onto ice/water (500 mL). The resulting precipitate was filtered off, washed with water, and dried under vacuum at 40° C. to afford the subtitled compound as a light brown solid (4.8 g). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.53 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.33 (m, 3H), 7.28 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 6.72 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 5.29 (s, 2H), 2.59 (s, 3H).

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