Methanol → (2-Methoxypyridin-3-yl)methanol

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To a 100-mL round-bottomed flask was added 2-methoxynicotinic acid (1.52 g, 9.93 mmol, Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) and borane methyl sulfide complex (3.77 mL, 39.7 mmol, Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 16 h. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and MeOH (10 mL) was added dropwise. After the addition was completed, the reaction mixture was stirred for further 20 min. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with 60% EtOAc/hexanes to give (2-methoxy-3-pyridinyl)methanol (1.15 g) as a white solid.

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