Ethanol → 2-Methoxy-α-2-thienyl-3-pyridinemethanol

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303 mg of sodium borohydride was added little by little to a solution containing 1.46 g of 2-methoxy-3-(2-thienylcarbonyl)pyridine and 10 ml of ethanol under ice-cooling. After stirring at room temperature for 2 hours, water was slowly added thereto and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with brine and the solvent was removed, to give 1.47 g of the target compound.

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