Methanol → 2-[6-(1,4-Dioxaspiro[4.5]dec-8-yloxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl]ethanol

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Ethyl [6-(1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]dec-8-yloxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl]acetate (3.0 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (40 mL), and cooled in an ice bath. Sodium tetrahydroborate (884 mg, 23.4 mmol) was added followed by methanol (4.8 mL, 120 mmol), in portions. The reaction mixture was stirred for 20 min, removed the ice bath, and stirred at 21° C. for 0.5 hour. HPLC & LCMS showed no remaining ester, and showed conversion to the desired M+H 349; and also showed several over reduction products (at least one of which has no UV absorbance). The reaction mixture was quenched with water and evaporated. The reaction mixture was diluted with aqueous bicarbonate and EtOAc, and stirred for 0.5 hour. The EtOAc layer was washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and evaporated to give 3.0 g oil. The product was purified by chromatography on a 120 g silica gel column, using solvent A=hexane; solvent B=3% iPA/EtOAc; flow 60 mL/min; A, 3 min; Gradient to 50% B in 30 min, then 50% B for 15 min; detector set at 254 nm; collected 47 mL fractions; retention time, 34 min. evaporated to yield 1.5 g, a light yellow viscous oil, 56% yield. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-D6): δ7.10 (s, 1H); 5.20 (m, 1H, OCH); 4.71 (t, 1H, OH); 3.85 (s, 4H, OCH2); 3.72 (q, 2H, OCH2); 2.85 (t, 2H, CH2); 1.5-2.0 (m, 8H).

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