Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 14534034, compound

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Reaction Steps

15.3 g of LiAlH4 was added to 330 ml of dry ether, and under stirring, a solution of 53 g of the above 5-methoxycaprylic acid in 60 ml of dry ether was dropped at below 10° C. in 2 hours. After the dropping, the mixture was raised in temperature for 2 hours of stirring at 15°-20° C. After standing for 12 hours, 5%-hydrochloric acid was added to the mixture for acidification while keeping the temperature below 15° C. The mixture was then subjected to extraction with ether. The ether extract was washed successively with water, 5%-NaOH aqueous solution and water, followed by drying with anhydrous MgSO4, distilling-off of the solvent and vacuum distillation to obtain 24.5 g of 5-methoxy-1-hexanol which provided the following IR data:

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