Tetrahydrofuran → (6-Benzyloxy-benzofuran-2-yl)-methanol

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To a tetrahydrofuran (370 mL) solution of 6-benzyloxy-benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (18.4 g, 62.1 mmol) described in Production Example 1-2-1 was added lithium aluminum hydride (7.07 g, 186 mmol) at 0° C., which was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. To the reaction mixture were added water (7.07 mL), 5 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (7.07 mL) and water (21.2 mL) at 0° C. After filtering the mixture through Celite, the filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (heptane:ethyl acetate=1:1) to obtain the title compound (14.2 g, 90%) as a white solid.

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