Aluminium lithium hydride → (3-((8-(1,3-Dioxolan-2-yl)octyl)oxy)-5-bromophenyl)methanol

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To a solution of benzyl 3-((8-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)octyl)oxy)-5-bromobenzoate in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) at −78° C., was added a solution of lithium aluminium hydride in THF (2.0 M, 3.3 mL, 6.60 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours, then quenched with water (0.25 mL), 2 M sodium hydroxide (0.25 mL) and water (0.75 mL). The coolant was removed and ethyl acetate and magnesium sulphate was added, and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes. The suspension was filtered, washed with ethyl acetate, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with 0-17% ethyl acetate in iso-hexane to afford the title compound as a 10:7 ratio of product to starting material (1.69 g, 73%).

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