Benzenepentanoic acid → 5-Phenyl-1-pentanol

HRID 1613711Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]1([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11](O)=[O:12])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[H-].[Al+3].[Li+].[H-].[H-].[H-]>>[C:1]1([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][OH:12])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 16757Benzenepentanoic acid

HCID 21226445Aluminium lithium hydride

Product 1

HCID 615235-Phenyl-1-pentanolYield 87%

Procedure

The title compound was prepared by the procedure of Preparation 2 in 87% yield from 5-phenylvaleric acid (Aldrich Chem. Co.) and lithium aluminum hydride.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-7610667b97a14e4eba44544a23eefbca
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1993_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05194446

Reaction notes

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