Hydrochloric Acid → (2-Fluoro-4-iodopyridin-3-yl)methanol

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To a solution of 2-fluoro-4-iodonicotinaldehyde (3.50 g, 13.94 mmol) in absolute EtOH (56 mL) was added sodium borohydride (0.264 g, 6.97 mmol) at room temperature. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 1 h, followed by the slow addition of 1 M aqueous hydrochloric acid. The product was extracted with CH2Cl2 (repeated four times), and the organic layers were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The aqueous phase was basified to pH 8-10 with 2 M aqueous sodium hydroxide and extracted with diethylether (repeated four times). Then the organic layers were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, combined with the previously obtained residue and concentrated to dryness under vacuum. The residue was used without any purification in the next step. LC/MS m/z 254 [M+H]+.

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