Water → HCID 10171308, compound

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5-Hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (231 mg) prepared as in Example 2, was dissolved in THF and lithium aluminum hydride (93 mg) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. Then the solution was poured into water and extracted with ethylacetate. The ethyl acetate was washed with water and brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. Purification by silica gel column eluting with 50% EtOAc in hexane gave 89 mg of 2-Hydroxymethyl-6,7-dimethyl-benzofuran-5-ol. 1HNMR (CD3OD, 300 MHz) δ: 6.75, 1H), 6.47(s, 1H), 4.61 (s, 2H), 2.37(s, 3H), 2.20(s, 3H) ppm. 13CNMR (CD3OD, 75 MHz) δ: 155.87, 150.51, 148.68, 124.69, 119.93, 119.20, 103.01, 101.62, 56.32, 10.43, 10.29 ppm. MS: 175(M−OH)+.

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