Aluminium lithium hydride → (S)-benzyl 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-ylcarbamate

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To (S)-methyl 2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-5-carboxylate (7.38 mmol, 2.4 g) at 0° C. in THF (36.9 mL) under an argon atmosphere was added Lithium aluminium hydride in THF (7.38 mmol, 7.38 mL) dropwise. The reaction was left to stir for 1.5 hrs at 0 degrees. The reaction was quenched with water before the addition of 5N HCl (aq) to adjust the pH to 3. DCM was added before separating the aqueous and washing once with water and once with brine. The DCM layer was dried over MgSO4 before removing the solvent in vacuo. The crude product was purified by silica chromatography (2:1 Heptane/EtOAc to 2:1 EtOAc/Heptane, 100 g silica cartridge) to give the product as a white solid (1.8 g, 82%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.60 (t, 1H), 2.81 (m, 2H), 3.27 (m, 2H), 4.53 (d, 1H), 4.66 (d, 2H), 4.95 (brs, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 7.17 (d, 2H), 7.23 (m, 1H), 7.33 (m, 5H).

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