Methanol → (3-Bromo-5-fluorophenyl)methanol

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3-Bromo-5-fluorobenzoic acid (1.0 g, 4.52 mmol) was suspended in tetrahydrofuran (8 mL) and cooled to 0° C. To this solution was added borane tetrahydrofuran complex (1 M in tetrahydrofuran, 9 mL, 9.0 mmol) cautiously over 15 min. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The mixture was cooled to 0° C., treated with excess methanol, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with 1 N sodium hydroxide (2×), then brine (2×), dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to afford 0.88 g (95%) as a white powder. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) 7.29 (s, 1H), 7.16 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.03 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 4.66 (s, 2H).

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