Sodium Hydroxide → {1-[2,4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]azetidin-3-yl}methanol

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To a solution of methyl 1-[2,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]azetidine-3-carboxylate (341 mg) in THF (5 mL) was added a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (38 mg) in THF (5 mL) under ice-cooling. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. To the reaction mixture was added 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution under ice-cooling. The precipitate was removed by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (NH, ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound (180 mg).

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