Ethyl 2,2-dimethylhex-5-enoate → 2,2-Dimethylhex-5-en-1-ol

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To a stirred solution of 1M LAH in ether (142.14 mL, 142.14 mmol), at 0° C. and under nitrogen, was added dropwise ethyl 2,2-dimethylhex-5-enoate (11.00 g, 64.61 mmol) dissolved in 100 mL anhydrous ether over 1 hour. This reaction solution was stirred at 22° C. for 20 hours, then quenched with water (3 mL), 1M NaOH (11 mL) and water (9 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to give the title product (7.22 g, 87.09%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.85-5.77 (m, 1 H); 5.01 (d, 1 H); 4.93 (d, 1 H); 3.33 (d, 2 H); 2.03 (m, 2 H); 1.34 (m, 2 H); 0.89 (m, 6 H) ppm.

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