Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(2,3-Dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl)propan-1-ol

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3-(2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran-5-yl)propionic acid (2.00 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml), and a tetrahydrofuran-borane.tetrahydrofuran solution (1 mol/l, 11.5 ml) was added dropwise to the mixture under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred under ice-cooling for 1 hr, and further at room temperature for 16 hr. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and 1M aqueous hydrochloric acid solution was added. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give the object product (1.91 g) as a colorless oil.

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