Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 70025298, compound

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Into a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (0.40 g) in diethyl ether (25 ml) was added dropwise at 0° C. a solution of methyl 4-(propoxymethyl)benzoate (2.09 g) in diethyl ether (25 ml) over a period of one hour. After stirring at room temperature for 2 hours, water (0.4 ml), a 15% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (0.4 ml) and water (0.4 ml) were added to the reaction mixture at 0° C., and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. After addition of magnesium sulfate, the solid was removed by filtration. The filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to remove the solvent to obtain 4-(propoxymethyl)benzyl alcohol (1.81 g) as a colorless oily substance.

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