Acetone → HCID 23080561, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium borohydride (0.26 g) was added to a solution of 6-isopropylazulene-2-carboaldehyde (1.4 g) in methanol (30 ml) at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred for one hour. Acetone was added to the reaction mixture and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane-ethyl acetate) to obtain (6-isopropylazulen-2-yl)methanol (1.15 g).

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