Diethyl Ether → (3,5-dimethoxy-4-propan-2-yl-phenyl)methanol

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To a suspension of LiAlH4 (95%) (5.00 g, 125 mmol) in dry ether (100 mL) at 0° C. was added a solution of methyl 3,5-dimethoxy-4-1-propylbenzoate (15.7 g, 90.1 mmol), in ether (300 mL) under N2. The suspension was stirred at 0° C. for one hour then for an additional hour at room temperature. The reaction was quenched by slow addition of a saturated Na2SO4 aqueous solution (10 mL) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred overnight. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness to give the desired alcohol (13.8 g, 88% yield) as white crystals. 1HNMR (CDCl3. ppm): δ 1.34 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 6H), 3.65 (hept., J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 3.88 (s, 6H), 4.70 (s, 2H), 6.62 (s, 2H).

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