Water → 2-[2-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethoxy)phenoxy]ethanol

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To a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (79 mg) in dry tetrahydrofuran (1 ml) was added dropwise a solution of ethyl 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxyacetate (270 mg) in dry tetrahydrofuran (3 ml) with stirring under ice cooling, and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 40 minutes. To the reaction mixture were added anhydrous sodium sulfate and water with stirring. The insoluble materials were filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by medium pressure liquid column chromatography on silica gel using a mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate (2/1) as eluent to give 213 mg of 2-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxy]ethanol as an oil.

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