2,3-Dichlorobenzaldehyde → 2,3-Dichlorobenzyl alcohol

HRID 1954932Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1954932 reaction equation

[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:9]([Cl:10])=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH:4]=[O:5].[BH4-].[Na+]>CO>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:9]([Cl:10])=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH2:4][OH:5]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 357452,3-Dichlorobenzaldehyde

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydride

Product 1

HCID 2286032,3-Dichlorobenzyl alcohol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

2,3-Dichlorobenzaldehyde is cleanly reduced using an alkaline solution of sodium borohydride in methanol to afford 2,3-dichlorobenzyl alcohol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-593de52707564454a08cdf667c0a6cc1
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2000_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06124308

Reaction notes

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