Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → (6-Ethylpyridin-3-yl)methanol

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After dissolving the 1-(tert-butyl)-1,1-diphenylsilyl [(6-ethyl-3-pyridyl)methyl]ether (7.81 g, 20.8 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (80 ml), TBAF (31.2 ml, 31.2 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was quenched with water and was extracted with ethyl acetate. After washing the extract with brine, it was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (solvent: n-hexane-ethyl acetate) to yield the title compound (2.25 g) as a colorless oil. (78.8% yield)

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