Sodium borohydride → [2-(4-Chlorophenyl)selenazol-5-yl]methanol

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To a suspension of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)selenazole-5-carbaldehyde (130 mg, 0.48 mmol) in methanol (5 ml) is added sodium borohydride (19 mg, 0.5 mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 0.5 hour. The reaction mixture is quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution (10 ml), and extracted with dichloromethane (3×25 ml). The combined organic extracts are dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate is evaporated to dryness to give [2-(4-chlorophenyl)selenazol-5-yl]methanol (127 mg).

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