Water → 2-Phenoxybenzyl alcohol

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Reaction Steps

2-Phenoxybenzoic acid (324 mg) was added gently to a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (172 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. Water (1 mL) was added gently to the reaction mixture, and the resulting mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the title compound (256 mg).

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