[H-].[Al+3].[Li+].[H-].[H-].[H-].[F:7][C:8]1[C:16]([F:17])=[CH:15][C:14]([F:18])=[C:13]([F:19])[C:9]=1[C:10](O)=[O:11].C(O)C.O>CCOCC>[F:7][C:8]1[C:16]([F:17])=[CH:15][C:14]([F:18])=[C:13]([F:19])[C:9]=1[CH2:10][OH:11]Lithium aluminium hydride (4.6 g) was added in small portions to a stirred solution of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid (30.0 g) in dry ether (600 ml) at the ambient temperature, and stirring continued for a period of 3 hours. After decomposition of the excess lithium aluminium hydride with ethyl alcohol, water was added in excess and the ethereal phase separated, washed with water, and concentrated to yield crude 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl alcohol (13.0 g) as a colourless oil.
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