Water → (5-Phenyl-1,2-oxazol-3-yl)methanol

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To a solution of 5-phenylisoxazol-3-carboxylic acid (551 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (15 ml), 3.7 ml of borane-tetrahydrofuran complex (1.17M tetrahydrofuran solution) was added, and the reaction solution was stirred at 80° C. for 10 hours. Water and a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution were added to the reaction solution, and the mixture was extracted with chloroform and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue obtained was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: ethyl acetate/hexane (10:90-50:50)) to afford the title compound as a white solid.

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