Ethyl Bromide → 1-(6-Methylbenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)propan-1-ol

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A solution of 2.0 g of (6-methyl-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)carboxaldehyde in 15 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise at room temperature to a Grignard reagent prepared from 0.32 g of magnesium ribbon, 20 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran and 1.4 g of bromoethane. The mixture was stirred for 2 h. A saturated ammonium chloride solution was added to the reaction mixture. The solvent was distilled off. After extraction with ethyl acetate followed by drying over magnesium sulfate and concentration under reduced pressure, the residue was purified according to silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane=2:8) to obtain 2.27 g of the intended compound in the form of white crystals.

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