Water → 2-(3-Bromophenyl)ethan-1-ol

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To a suspension of lithium aluminium hydride in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added (3-bromophenyl)acetic acid (10 g) in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml) under ice cooling. The mixture was refluxed for 2 hurs. After cooling, to the reaction mixture were added water and aqueous Rochelle salt. The mixture was stirred for another 30 min. Aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give 2-(3-bromophenyl)ethanol. This compound was used for the next reaction without further purification.

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