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HRID 1465500Generated: October 27, 2026

Sodium borohydride → methyl (2E)-3-[4-(hydroxymethyl)thiophen-2-yl]prop-2-enoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantSodium borohydrideHCID 4311764—
Reactantmethyl (2E)-3-(4-formylthiophen-2-yl)acrylateHCID 86650009—
Productmethyl (2E)-3-[4-(hydroxymethyl)thiophen-2-yl]prop-2-enoateHCID 6703018692.6%

Reaction Steps

By a method similar to Production Example 120, step 1, methyl (2E)-3-(4-formylthiophen-2-yl)prop-2-enoate (1.700 g, 8.664 mmol) was reduced with sodium borohydride to give methyl (2E)-3-[4-(hydroxymethyl)thiophen-2-yl]prop-2-enoate (1.591 g, yield 92.6%) as a white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08999989B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_04
ORD IDord-83414a59bf24466cbb4c927d550ae165
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_04