Sodium borohydride → HCID 90022458, compound

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Sodium borohydride (1.42 g, 37.5 mmol) was added in portions to an ice-cooled solution of 2-chloro-6-fluoro-4-methylbenzaldehyde (6.25 g, 38.2 mmol) in methanol (56 mL); once addition was complete the reaction was allowed to warm rt with stirring over 1 h and then concentrated in vacuo. The residue was partitioned between ether and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. The layers were separated and the aqueous re-extracted with ether. The organic layers were combined, washed with H2O, dried with MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to yield the crude product as an oil. This oil was diluted with pentane, cooled and stirred which resulted in a white solid. Filtration and drying in vacuo yielded the title compound (5.10 g, 29.2 mmol).

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