Sodium Sulfate → (4-phenyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methanol

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A solution of ethyl 4-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate (1 g, 5.58 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was added to a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (300 mg, 8.10 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was slowly warmed to ambient temperature and stirred for 5 h. The mixture was slowly added to saturated sodium sulphate followed by extraction with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water, brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to afford (4-phenyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methanol (800 mg, 84%) as a solid.

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