Ammonium Chloride → (4'-(Trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)methanol

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12.73 ml (12.73 mmol) of a 1 M solution of lithium aluminium hydride in THF are added dropwise to a solution of 6.24 g (21.21 mmol) of ethyl 4′-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-4-carboxylate in 60 ml of dry THF at 0° C. After reaction is complete, saturated ammonium chloride solution is added to the mixture, which is taken up in ethyl acetate, and the organic phase is separated off and dried over sodium sulphate. After filtration, the solvent is removed in vacuo. The resulting crude product is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 5:1). 5.1 g (20.21 mmol, 95% yield) of a colourless solid are obtained.

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