Tributylstannane → HCID 12878306, compound

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The product obtained by reducing 2.0 g of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-bromo-7-(p-benzyloxyphenyl)-5-heptanolide with 5.59 g of tri-n-butyltin hydride in 50 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran according to the method described in Example 2 (a), was recrystallized from a mixture of n-hexane and ethyl ether (5:1) to give 1.44 g of the desired compound melting at 82°-85° C.

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