370 mg of 8alpha-(3,3-diethylureido)-2,6-dimethyl-ergoline-13-carbaldehyde (1 mmol) is dissolved in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran and reduced with 200 mg of lithium aluminum hydride at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture is cooled off in an ice bath and mixed in succession with 0.2 ml of water, 0.2 ml of 15% sodium hydroxide solution and 0.6 ml of water, the precipitate is filtered off and the filtrate is evaporated to dryness. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel with dichloromethane/methanol. 243 mg of alcohol, which crystallizes from ethyl acetate, is isolated. Yield 166 mg (44% of theory), [α]D =+6° (0.5% in chloroform).
