Ethyl Acetate → (5-Fluoro-1-benzothiophen-2-yl)methanol

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DIBAL-H (59.4 mL, 59.41 mmol) was added to a solution of methyl 5-fluorobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate (I-50a: 2.5 g, 11.882 mmol) in THF (75 mL) at −70° C. and the resulting reaction mass was stirred at −10° C. for 2 hours. The reaction was monitored by TLC (30% ethyl acetate in hexane). The reaction mass was quenched with methanol at −70° C. and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue obtained was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude product. Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (15% ethyl acetate in hexane) afforded 1.8 g of the product (83.33% yield).

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