Water → HCID 10848198, compound

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To a suspension of 2,6-dichloro-3-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-benzaldehyde (3.9 g) in methanol (19.5 ml) was added sodium borohydride (299 mg) under nitrogen atmosphere, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour under ice-cooling. To the mixture was added water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was crystallized from diisopropyl ether to give 2,6-dichloro-3-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-1-hydroxymethylbenzene (3.69 g) as colorless crystals.

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