Sodium borohydride → (6-Ethoxy-2-(ethylamino)quinolin-3-yl)methanol

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To a stirred solution of 6-ethoxy-2-(ethylamino)quinoline-3-carbaldehyde SLA 41034 (0.605 g, 2.48 mmol) in THF (50 mL) in a 250 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer was added NaBH4 (0.094 g, 2.48 mmol) and the mixture was stirred overnight at RT then cooled in an ice bath before quenching by addition of a 1 N aq. HCl solution (40 mL). After stirring for 15 min at that temperature, the mixture was basified to pH=9 with a 2 N aq. NaOH solution. THF was then removed at 40° C. under vacuum and the solution was extracted with CH2Cl2 (200 mL), washed with brine (20 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to give (6-ethoxy-2-(ethylamino)quinolin-3-yl)methanol SLA 41040 as an orange solid (481 mg, 79% yield).

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