Ethanol → (3-Fluoropyridin-4-yl)methanol

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of 1.2 g of 3-fluoroisonicotinaldehyde and 5 ml of ethanol was gradually added 0.36 g of sodium borohydride under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred under ice-cooling for 3 hours. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined and washed with saturated brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. The resulting mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 1.12 g of (3-fluoropyridin-4-yl)methanol.

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