Hydrochloric Acid → [5-(4-Fluorophenyl)-2-methyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]methanol

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Ethyl 5-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-methyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate (2.70 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL), and the mixture was cooled to −78° C. A 1.5 mol/L toluene solution (13.1 mL) of diisobutylaluminum hydride was added dropwise, and the mixture was further stirred at −78° C. for 2 hr. 1 mol/L Hydrochloric acid (15 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate. The insoluble material was filtered through celite, and the filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane-ethyl acetate=2:3) to give the title compound as an oil (yield 1.09 g, 45%).

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