“…24 :34 The hydrogenation of 19 was conducted as described in the general procedure save for the use of EtOH/water 9:1 as solvent to give ethyl (3‐amino‐4‐methoxyphenyl)acetate ( 24 ) in 86 % yield as a light‐yellow oil. IR (neat); $\tilde \nu $ max =3458, 3370, 2922, 2853, 1726, 1611, 1517, 1448, 1223, 1143, 1030 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (CDCl 3 , 600 MHz): δ =6.72 (d, J =8.1 Hz, 1 H), 6.65 (d, J =2.0 Hz, 1 H), 6.62 (dd, J =2.0 and 8.1 Hz, 1 H), 4.79 (br s, 2 H), 4.13 (q, J =7.1 H, 2 H), 3.83 (s, 3 H), 3.47 (s, 2 H), 1.25 ppm (t, J =7.1 Hz, 3 H); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 , 151 MHz): δ =172.0, 146.4, 136.1, 126.7, 119.0, 115.8, 110.3, 60.7, 55.5, 40.8, 14.2 ppm; MS (EI+): m / z (%): 209 [ M ] + (100), 194 (39), 136 (88), 121 (37); HRMS (EI+): m / z calcd for C 11 H 15 NO 3 : 209.1052 [ M ] + ; found: 209.1032.…”