Water → Arachidonyl alcohol

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To a suspension of LiAlH4 (0.499 g, 13.14 mmol) in dry THF (50 mL) was added arachidonic acid (1.00 g, 3.28 g) in dry THF (40 mL) at 0° C. (ice-bath) under argon and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at 0° C. and then for 1 h at room temperature. After a slow addition of water (0.2 mL), the white gelatinious precipitate was dissolved by adding 10% aq NaOH (0.2 mL) and water (0.6 mL) and the mixture was allowed to stir for 1 h. The mixture was then dried over MgSO4, and filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to furnish a crude, which was purified over silica-gel column chromatography using 20% ethyl acetate/hexane to give the product as a clear oil (0.945 g, 99%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ5.37 (m, 8H), 3.64 (t, 2H, J=6.4 Hz), 2.81 (m, 6H), 2.09 (m, 4H), 1.61 (m, 2H), 1.50-1.30 (m, 8H), 1.04 (t, 3H, J=6.8 Hz). m/z (APCI) 291.43 (M++1).

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