Etodolac → 2-(1,8-Diethyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)-ethanol

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A solution of etodolac (2.0 g, 6.97 mmol) in dry THF (5 mL) was added dropwise to 1M LiAlH4 in THF (10.5 mL, 10.5 mmol, 1.5 eq) over five minutes and stirred at room temperature overnight under argon. The resulting mixture was then slowly quenched with EtOAc and poured over water to form an emulsion. The emulsion was filtered, and the aqueous layer was separated and extracted twice with EtOAc. The three organic phases were combined, washed with brine, dried with Na2SO4, concentrated, and purified by column chromatography using 50:50:EtOAc:Hexane to give a yellow oil (1.87 g, 98%): 1HNMR (CDCl3, δ TMS): 0.95 (t, 3H), 1.36 (t, 3H), 1.96 (m, 2H), 2.14 (m, 2H), 2.68 (br, OH), 2.81 (m, 2H), 2.83 (q, 2H), 3.70 (m, 2H), 4.07 (m, 2H), 7.02–7.39 (m, 3H, Ar—H), 7.74 (br, 1H, NH). MS+: m/z 296 (MNa+). MS−: m/z 308 (MCl−), 272 ([M−H]−).

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