2-(4-Pyridinyl)benzaldehyde → [2-(Pyridin-4-yl)phenyl]methanol

HRID 645571

Reaction equation

[N:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([C:7]2[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:8]=2[CH:9]=[O:10])=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[BH4-].[Na+]>>[N:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([C:7]2[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:8]=2[CH2:9][OH:10])=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 6428502-(4-Pyridinyl)benzaldehyde

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydride

Product 1

HCID 14955123[2-(Pyridin-4-yl)phenyl]methanol

Procedure

2-pyridin-4-yl-benzaldehyde was treated with NaBH4 according to the method of Example 119A to provide the title compound. MS (ESI+) m/z 185 (M+H)+;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-23e827aeb02d42f99009c04dd9558cd6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2010_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07704997B1

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