Ethanol → HCID 23076357, compound

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To a solution of 4-hydroxymethyl-2-phenyloxazole-5-carbaldehyde (0.25 g) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL)-ethanol (3 mL) was gradually added sodium borohydride (0.04 g) at 0° C. After stirring at room temperature for 1 hr, water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give (4-methoxymethoxymethyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-5-yl)methanol as colorless crystals (0.19 g, yield 76%). Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane gave colorless prism crystals. melting point: 70-71° C.

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