Sodium borohydride → (5-Bromopyridin-2-yl)methanol

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The 5-bromo-pyridine-2-carbaldehyde (2.0 g) was taken up in MeOH and cooled to 0° C. Sodium borohydride (450 mg) was added in portions at 0° C. The solution was warmed to 25° C. and stirred at that temperature for 1.5 h. The solution was concentrated, and the residue was quenched with 1 M HCl(aq.). The solution was stirred at 25° C. for 0.5 h. The solution was rendered basic via addition of solid K2CO3. The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers were dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated to give (5-bromo-pyridin-2-yl)-methanol as a white solid.

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