Methyl 11-(p-tert-butylphenoxy)-undecanoate → 11-p-t-Butylphenoxy-1-undecanol

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The methyl 11-(p-tert-butylphenoxy)-undecanoate, 3.7 g, 10.6 mmoles, was dissolved in 100 ml dry diethyl ether and added, dropwise, to a stirred slurry of 0.5 g lithium aluminum hydride in 100 ml dry diethyl ether. After one hour the reaction mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was treated with 100 ml 1 N hydrochloric acid. The organic layer was removed, dried (MgSO4), and concentrated to a yellow oil, 2.7 g. The oil was chromatographed on 200 g 90 to 200 mesh silica gel (2% MeOH/CH2Cl2 eluent) collecting the product as a white, waxy solid. The solid was recrystallized from warm pentane yielding pure 11-(p-tert-butylphenoxy)-undecanol, 1.1 g, m.p. 39° to 40° C.

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