[CH:1]([C:3]1[C:4]([C:11]([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12])=[C:5]([CH3:10])[N:6]([CH3:9])[C:7]=1[CH3:8])=[O:2].[BH4-].[Na+].O>CO>[OH:2][CH2:1][C:3]1[C:4]([C:11]([O:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[O:12])=[C:5]([CH3:10])[N:6]([CH3:9])[C:7]=1[CH3:8]To a suspension of 10.9 g of ethyl 4-formyl-1,2,5-trimethylpyrrole-3-carboxylate in 40 ml of methanol is added dropwise under nitrogen 5.6 g of sodium borohydride in methanol while maintaining the reaction temperature below 50° C. after total addition the reaction mixture is stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours, then 90 ml of water introduced and the reaction mixture saturated with potassium carbonate and extracted with ether. The combined ether extracts are dried and concentrated in vacuo leaving a yellow solid which is recrystallized from cyclohexane to give ethyl 4-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,5-trimethylpyrrole-3-carboxylate, mp 184°-186° C.
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