Potassium Hydroxide → (1-Bromonaphthalen-2-yl)methanol

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Potassium hydroxide (25.3 g, 0.45 mol) was added to a solution of 1-bromo-2-naphthalenemethanol acetate (105 g, 0.38 mol) in methanol (300 mL) at room temperature. The resulting yellow solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours, then diluted with water and a precipitate was formed. The mixture was extracted with ether (2×300 mL), and the combined organic layers were washed with water (250 mL), brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The pure product was obtained as a light yellow solid (86.8 g, 96%).

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