Water → 1-(2-Methoxy-5-nitrophenyl)ethanol

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To a solution of 2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (450 mg) in toluene (30 ml), a solution of trimethylaluminum in hexane (3.0 ml) was added dropwise under ice cooling. After stirring at room temperature for 1 h, water was added to the reaction mixture, which was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed successively with water and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent, n-hexane:ethyl acetate=2:1) to give 385 mg of the titled compound (yield, 79%).

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