Water → (Quinolin-5-yl)methanol

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Reaction Steps

A suspension of 171 mg (4.49 mmol) of lithium aluminum hydride in 20 ml of THF is cooled to 0° C. A solution of 700 mg (3.74 mmol) of methyl quinoline-5-carboxylate in 5 ml of THF is then added dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour and then hydrolysed with, in this order, 0.17 ml of H2O, 0.17 ml of NaOH and 3×0.17 ml of H2O. The precipitate formed is filtered off and washed with THF and then with EtOAc. The organic phase is washed with saturated NaCl solution, dried and evaporated. After purification by chromatography on silica gel (eluent: 95/5 DCM/MeOH), 190 mg of quinolin-5-ylmethanol are obtained, corresponding to the following characteristics:

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