Diisobutylaluminum hydride → 1-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-3-(4-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl)imidazolidin-2-one

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A solution of methyl 4-(3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)benzoate (270 mg, 0.77 mmol) in dichloromethane (50 ml) at −78° C. was treated with ml of 1.0 M DIBAL solution in dichloromethane. The resulting solution was stirred cold for 2 hour, then quenched with ml of sat's Rochelle salt solution. The mixture was partitioned between 100 ml dichloromethane and 50 ml of 1 N NaOH. The organic layer was separated, dried and concentrated. The residue was purified on ISCO system (5% methanol in dichloromethane) to give a pure product as a white crystalline (113 mg, 35%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.60 (d, 2H), 7.50 (d, 2H), 7.10 (m, 4H), 4.64 (s, 2H), 4.00 (s, 4H), 1.58 (s, 9H).

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