Sodium borohydride → HCID 70545904, compound

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8 grams of 6-isopropyl-8β-methoxycarbonylergoline was added to a mixture of 8 g of sodium borohydride in 200 ml of methanol. The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hrs; then a second 2 g batch of sodium borohydride was added. The mixture was cooled after 3 hrs, diluted with water, and the precipitate was filtered to give 6.5 g of 6-isopropyl-8β-hydroxymethylergoline, m.p. 192°-194° C., after crystallization from methanol. A solution of 13 g of 4-toluenesulfonyl chloride in 87 ml of pyridine was added slowly to a cooled solution of 6.5 g of 6-isopropyl-8β-hydroxymethylergoline in 250 ml of pyridine. After 15 hrs the mixture was poured over iced water and the precipitate was filtered to give 7.4 g of 6-isopropyl-8β-toxyloxymethylergoline melting at 180°-184° C. after crystallization from acetone.

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