Ammonium Chloride → Methyl 4-[3-(3,5-difluoro-4-triisopropylsilanyloxybenzyl)-4-hydroxybutyl]benzoate

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4.2 g (8.07 mmol) of methyl 4-[3-carboxy-4-(3,5-difluoro-4-triisopropylsilanyloxyphenyl)butyl]-benzoate are dissolved in 200 ml of THF and cooled to −10° C. under argon. Then 16.13 ml (16.13 mmol) of a 1 M borane-THF complex solution are added dropwise, and the mixture is stirred at 0° C. until reaction is complete. The mixture is hydrolyzed with saturated ammonium chloride solution and extracted with diethyl ether, and the combined organic phases are concentrated. The resulting crude product is purified by chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 20:1→10:1→4:1). 2.92 g (71% of theory) of the title compound are obtained.

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