Water → HCID 22758859, compound

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A solution of (±)-2-allyl-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (159.7 g., 0.852 mole) in diethyl ether (200 ml.) was added dropwise during 20 minutes to a stirred, slowly refluxing mixture of lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4, 42.2 g., 1.11 moles) in diethyl ether (800 ml.). The mixture was refluxed for an additional 1.25 hours and then cooled in an ice-H2O bath. The excess LiAlH4 was decomposed by the slow dropwise addition of H2O until gaseous evolution ceased, and a granular precipitate formed. The mixture was filtered and the filter cake thoroughly washed with diethyl ether. Concentration of the filtrate gave the title product (146 g., 90%) as a cloudy oil.

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