Methanol → (2,3-Difluoro-5-nitrophenyl)methanol

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To a stirring solution of 2,3-difluoro-5-nitrobenzoic acid (Butt Park Ltd.; 9.00 g; 44.3 mmol) in THF at 0° C. was added a 1M solution of borane-tetrahydrofuran complex in THF (177.3 mL; 177.3 mmol). The mixture was allowed to react at RT overnight. Then, MeOH was cautiously added to the stirred mixture while cooling with an ice bath. The batch was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (1N) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The organic phase was dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography (hexane to hexane/ethyl acetate 1:2) to give the pure product (8.20 g; 43.4 mmol).

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