ethanol; 5 Pd(II)/C(eggshell) T=20 - 40°C; Product distribution / selectivity;

1: methyl 2-lt;lt;2'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)methylgt;aminogt;-3-nitrobenzoate With tin(ll) chloride in ethyl acetate 1.5 h; Reflux; 2: With sodium hydroxide in water; ethyl acetate T=-10 - 0°C; 4.5 h; 3: methanol 0.5 h; Reflux;

carbon; hydrazine hydrate 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h; Yield given. Multistep reaction;

1: SOCl2, DMF / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 2: NaN3 / acetone; H2O / 1 h 3: 1.5 h / Heating 4: 85 percent / K2CO3 / acetonitrile / 4 h / Heating 5: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 6: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1: NaN3 / acetone; H2O / 1 h 2: 1.5 h / Heating 3: 85 percent / K2CO3 / acetonitrile / 4 h / Heating 4: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 5: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1: concd. H2SO4 / methanol 2: SOCl2, DMF / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 3: NaN3 / acetone; H2O / 1 h 4: 1.5 h / Heating 5: 85 percent / K2CO3 / acetonitrile / 4 h / Heating 6: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 7: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1: 85 percent / K2CO3 / acetonitrile / 4 h / Heating 2: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 3: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1: 1.5 h / Heating 2: 85 percent / K2CO3 / acetonitrile / 4 h / Heating 3: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 4: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1: 77 percent / 30percent ethanolic HCl / ethyl acetate / 1 h / Ambient temperature 2: 1.) FeCl3*6H2O, activated carbon, 2.) hydrazine monohydrate / 1.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 30 min, 2.) MeOH, THF, reflux, 14 h View Scheme

1.1: acetic acid; nitric acid / acetic anhydride / 0.33 h / 18 - 20 °C 2.1: triethylamine / N,N-dimethyl-formamide / 6 h / 20 °C 3.1: sulfuric acid / 0.5 h / 0 °C 3.2: Raney nickel / 7500.75 Torr View Scheme