Indoline-2-carboxylic acid, (S)- → (S)-(+)-2-Indolinemethanol

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To a solution of (S)-indoline-2-carboxylic acid (9.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in THF (18 ml) was added dropwise BH3-DMS solution (18.4 mmol, 2 equiv.) and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 12 h. The mixture was quenched with methanol (7.5 ml) and conc. HCl (2.5 ml) with cooling and was then refluxed for additional 2 h. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was basified with 40% NaOH solution and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give the crude product which was purified by silica gel column chromatography. Yield: 87%.

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