Sodium borohydride → HCID 69204538, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium borohydride (1.5 g) was added in portions with stirring at 10-15° C. to a solution of 3-(benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-indan-1-one (10 g) in a mixture of ethanol (75 mL) and dimethoxyethane (75 mL). The mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h and then evaporated in vacuo. The resulting oil was treated with water and diethyl ether, and the organic phase was separated and washed with water and 0.1 N HCl, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give cis-3-(benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-indan-1-ol as a brown oil (10 g).

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