Water → 3-(1-Trityl-1H-imidazol-4-YL)propan-1-OL

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Ethyl 3-(1-trityl-4-imidazolyl)propionate (93.0 g, 223 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran/diethyl ether (1:1, 100 mL) was added dropwise to a suspension of lithium aluminium hydride (17.0 g, 446 mmol) during 1 hr. The mixture was refluxed for 3 hrs, then treated with water (100 mL), 20% sodium hydroxide (100 mL) and water (100 mL) under cooling with ice/water, filtered and the solid washed with tetrahydrofuran. The organic phase was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, filtered and evaporated to give 3-(1-trityl-4-imidazolyl)propanol as white solid.

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