Water → Fenipentol

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Reaction Steps

To a stirring suspension of 1.20 g of lithium aluminum hydride in 100 mL of diethyl ether under an argon atmosphere at 0° C. is slowly added a solution of 4.40 mL of commercially available valerophenone in 5.0 mL of diethyl ether over 10 minutes. After 0.5 hours the grey suspension is warmed to room temperature. After 1 hour the reaction mixture is re-cooled to 0° C. and slowly treated with 1.25 mL of water followed by 5.50 mL of 1N sodium hydroxide. After 1 hour the resulting white precipitant is filtered through a pad of magnesium sulfate with diethyl ether washings. The filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 4.5 g of 1-phenyl-1-pentanol as a clear, colorless oil. This product may be used directly in the next reaction without further purification.

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