Ethyl Acetate → (1-Methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)methanol

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Lithium aluminum hydride (300 mg, 7.83 mmol) was suspended in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml); and under an ice cooling, a solution (10 ml) of ethyl 1-methyl-1H-indazole-5-carboxylate (800 mg, 3.92 mmol) prepared in the Step 4-1-3-A in tetrahydrofuran was slowly added thereto. After the mixture was stirred under an ice cooling for 30 minutes, 5 drops of a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution were slowly added to the mixture. Ethyl acetate was added to the mixture, and 5 drops of a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution was further added thereto. The precipitate was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was concentrated. The concentrate was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=1:1) to give the title compound (420 mg, 66%) as a light-brown powder.

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