Sodium Sulfate → 3-Hydroxymethyl-4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl

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To a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (0.2 g) in 50 ml of ether at 0° C. was added dropwise a solution of ethyl 4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl-3-carboxylate (2 g) in ether. After the addition was complete, the mixture was allowed to slowly rise to room temperature, and stirred for 2 hours. Excess reagent was hydrolysed with wet sodium sulfate. The mixture was filtered, the solvent evaporated from the filtrate under reduced pressure, and the residue flash-chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with 25% ethyl acetate in heptane, to yield 3-hydroxymethyl-4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl as an oil.

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