3-Fluorosalicylaldehyde → 2-Fluoro-6-(hydroxymethyl)phenol

HRID 1838748Notes

Reaction equation

[BH4-].[Na+].[F:3][C:4]1[C:5]([OH:12])=[C:6]([CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[CH:7]=[O:8]>>[F:3][C:4]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[C:6]([CH2:7][OH:8])[C:5]=1[OH:12]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 5877883-Fluorosalicylaldehyde

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydride

Product 1

HCID 187554072-Fluoro-6-(hydroxymethyl)phenol

Procedure

In an analogous manner to that described in (β) 3-fluoro-2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde was reduced by sodium borohydride to yield 2-fluoro-6-hydroxymethyl-phenol as a white solid; MS: 142 (M)+.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-25661d9f8851403c9eda7e668cef5ca0
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2004_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06673931B2

Reaction notes

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