Aluminium lithium hydride → HCID 18070910, compound

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3-(2-Methoxy-ethoxymethyl)-benzonitrile (2.58 g, 13.5 mmol) was dissolved in 50 mL tetrahydrofuran. Lithiumaluminium hydride (660 mg, 17.5 mmol) was added portionwise at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and quenched by sequential addition of 0.66 mL water, 0.66 mL 15% sodium hydroxide solution and 1.98 mL water. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated. The title compound was obtained as a yellow liquid (2.63 g, 97%), MS: m/e=196.3 (M+H+).

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