Toluene → {5-Methyl-1-[2'-(trifluoromethoxy)-1,1'-biphenyl-3-yl]-1H-pyrazol-3-yl}methanol

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To a cold (0° C.) solution of ethyl-5-methyl-1-[2′-(trifluoromethoxy)-1,1′-biphenyl-3-yl]1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate (EXAMPLE 3) (1.1 g, 2.82 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (10 mL) was added DIBAL-H in toluene solution (1.0M, 6.8 mL, 6.8 mmol). The reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, then 0.5 mL of methanol was added. The reaction was warmed up to room temperature, and stirred continuously for another 30 minutes. After the addition of 5 g of Celite and 5 g of anhydrous MgSO4, the saturated NH4Cl aqueous was added dropwise. The resulting slurry was stirred vigorously for an hour. Then the mixture was filtered and concentrated to give the crude product. The crude alcohol obtained was purified by flash-column chromatography on silica-gel to provide the pure titled product as a yellow oil (0.9 g, 93% yield).

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