Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 19925675, compound

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5-Isopropyl-2-(4-formylphenoxyacetyl)benzofuran (18.1 g) was dissolved in 200 ml of methanol. Sodium borohydride (2 g) was added thereto with stirring and cooling with ice and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was poured into aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid and the crystals separated out therefrom were collected by filtration followed by recrystallization from ethyl acetate/n-hexane to give 16.5 g of crystals. M.p. 98°-100° C.

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