Diisobutylaluminum hydride → (4-Methyloxan-4-yl)methanol

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A 78° C. solution of 4-methyl-tetrahydro-pyran-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (Regan, J. et al. J. Med. Chem. 2002, 45, 2994-3008; 9.9 g, 63 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (400 mL) was treated with DIBAL-H (1.0 M in CH2Cl2; 125 mL, 125 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 1 h, and then was diluted with EtOAc (200 mL) and satd. aq. NH4Cl. The mixture was treated with satd. aq. sodium potassium tartrate, allowed to warm to rt, and stirred for 45 min. The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (4×), and the combined extracts were washed with satd. aq. NaCl, dried, and concentrated. Chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes) afforded the title compound as a colorless oil (5.6 g 69%). The spectral data matched that reported in PCT Intl. Pat. Appl. Publ. No. WO 2006/001752.

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