Ethyl Acetate → HCID 89874622, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of ethyl 5-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-4-methylpicolinate (2.0 g, 8.2 mmol, Step-2) and calcium chloride (3.62 g, 32.6 mmol) in THF-EtOH (1:1, 60 mL) is stirred at rt for 30 minutes. Then, the mixture is cooled to 0° C., and sodium borohydride (771 mg, 20.4 mmol) is added portionwise. After stirring 1 day, the reaction is quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution (200 mL), and the aqueous layer is extracted with DCM (200 mL×2). The combined organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate, and after filtration, the filtrate is concentrated in vacuo. The residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with n-hexane/EtOAc (10:1 then EtOAc only) to give 1.61 g (97% yield) of the title compound as white solid.

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