Sodium borohydride → 1-(6-Chloropyrimidin-4-yl)ethanol

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1-(6-Chloro-4-pyrimidinyl)ethanone (Intermediate 18A, 1.0 g, 6.39 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (21 mL), treated with sodium borohydride (0.242 g, 6.39 mmol) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature under argon for 2 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate (×3). The ethyl acetate layers were combined, dried under magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a yellow oil (808 mg);

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