Sodium borohydride → HCID 23084549, compound

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To a solution of 5,6-dimethyl-3-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-2-(3-pyridyl)isoindolin-1-one [IUPAC name: ethyl 2-[5,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-(3-pyridinyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-yl]acetate] (8.4 g, 26 mmol) in methanol (250 ml) was added by portions sodium borohydride (11 g, 0.52 mmol), and the reaction mixture was stirred with heating at 80° C. for 3 hrs. To the reaction solution was added ice-cold water, and the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried to give 6.0 g of 5,6-dimethyl-2-(3-pyridyl)-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)isoindolin-1-one.

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