Sodium hydride → 2-(5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yloxy)-ethanol

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Dibenzosuberenol (2.08 g, 10 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (20 mL) at 0° C. Sodium hydride (1.0 g of 50% mineral oil dispersion, 20 mmol) was added. After 10 min. tert-butylbromoacetate (4.0 g, 20.0 mmol) was added over a period of 20 min and then stirred for 1 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with water at 0° C. and the product extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were dried (MgSO4), and concentrated in vacuo. The product was redissolved in ether (20 mL) and added dropwise to an ether (15 mL) suspension of lithium aluminium hydride (190 mg, 5.0 mmol). The reaction was stirred 16 h at room temperature, quenched with water. The ether solution was washed with water, dried, and concentrated in vacuo to give 1.3 g (50%) of 2-(5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yloxy)-ethanol.

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