Sodium borohydride → (6-Chloro-2-methylpyridin-3-yl)methanol

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Sodium borohydride (0.73 g, 19.28 mmol) was added to a solution of 6-chloro-2-methylnicotinaldehyde (1.5 g, 9.64 mmol) in methanol (38.6 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 2 hours, then quenched with water and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, and extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound.

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