Citric Acid → [4-Hydroxy-3'-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl]methyl acetate

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To a solution of (4-acetoxy-3′-formyl-6-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)methyl acetate (1.63 g, 4.99 mmol) in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and methanol (5 mL) was added sodium borohydride (90%, 0.210 g, 5.00 mmol) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 3 hr under nitrogen atmosphere. Aqueous citric acid solution was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=20:80-80:20) to give the title compound (1.02 g, yield 71%) as a colorless oil.

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