Water → 4-(4-Methylphenyl)butanol

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To lithium aluminum hydride (427 mg, 11.2 mmol) suspended in dry ether (5 ml) at 0° C. is added 1 g of 4-(4-methylphenyl)butanoic acid (5.614 mmol) dissolved in dry ether (10 ml) over a period of 30 minutes. The reaction mixture is then allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 4 hours. Water (0.43 ml), NaOH (15% solution, 0.43 g) and water (1.29 ml) were then added successively and the resulting solution is stirred for 30 minutes. The resulting precipitate is filtered and washed with ether and dried. The filtrate is then concentrated and purified by flash chromatography using ethyl acetate-hexanes as the eluting medium.

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