Sodium borohydride → HCID 178450342, compound

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0.1 g of sodium borohydride was added to 2.0 g of 2-butyryl-5-formyl-3-hydroxycyclohex-2-en-1-one in 30 ml of aqueous tetrahydrofuran; the mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 25° C. The mixture was then diluted with water, extracted several times with diethyl ether, dried and concentrated. There was obtained 1.5 g of 2-butyryl-3-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one (compound no. 3).

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