Water → (1-Trityl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanol

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Lithium aluminium hydride (1M solution in tetrahydrofuran, 4.45 ml, 4.45 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of ethyl 1-(triphenylmethyl)-pyrazole-4-carboxylate (2.27 g, 5.93 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (300 ml) under nitrogen at 0° C. After 1 h, the mixture was treated sequentially with water (3 ml), 15% aqueous sodium hydroxide (3 ml) and water (6 ml). The mixture was filtered through Arbocel filter aid, the filtrate was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure, to give 4-hydroxymethyl-1-(triphenylmethyl) pyrazole (1.746g, 86%), as a white solid.

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