Red-Al → HCID 54024209, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl 3-dimethylamino-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propionate (2.8 g) (0.011 mol) was dissolved in a suitable solvent and reduced in the presence of Red-Al (3.4M solution of sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminum hydride in toluene from Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, Wis.). The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum to provide 2.19 g of 3-dimethylamino-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propanol as a solid.

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