Hydrochloric Acid → (2-Ethoxy-3-isopropylphenyl)methanol

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Reaction Steps

Diisobutylaluminum lithium hydride (55.0 mL of a 1.0 M in hexanes, 55.0 mmol) was added drop-wise to an ice-cold solution of 2-ethoxy-3-isopropylbenzoic acid propyl ester (4.34 g, 18.3 mmol) in THF (40 mL). After the addition was complete, the ice bath was removed and reaction mixture was stirred for 18 h. The reaction was cooled to 0° C. and HCl (1N, 275 mL) was added until all the resulting solids returned to solution. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×150 mL). The combined organics were washed with brine (2×200 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated to yield the title compound (3.73 g, quantitative) as a light yellow oil: 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.24 (d, J=5.7 Hz, 1H), 7.16 (d, J=1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.07 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.02 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.52 (d, J=5.6 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.32-3.25 (m, 1H), 1.33 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 3H), 1.16 (d, J=6.9, 6H).

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