Acetic Acid → HCID 89922622, compound

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(E)-5-amino-4-chloro-2-(4-oxopent-2-en-2-yl)benzonitrile (120 mg, 0.51 mmol) and Pd(OH)2 on carbon (10% w/w, 10 mg) was suspended in MeOH (3 mL). Acetic acid (0.06 mL) was then added and the reaction was stirred at room temperature under a balloon of H2 for 48 h. The reaction was then filtered through a pad of Celite, washing with EtOAc. The eluent was then concentrated in vacuo and the material was purified on ISCO (0-80% EtOAc/Hexane) to give 5-amino-4-chloro-2-(4-oxopentan-2-yl)benzonitrile (73 mg) as a white solid.

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