Benzyl Alcohol → HCID 13255306, compound

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14b From Example 9 (972 mg, 4 mmol) is dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml) containing benzyl alcohol (8 ml) and the tetrahydrofuran (40 ml) is distilled off. The remaining solution is cooled to 15° and sodium hydride (5 mg) with 3 A molecular sieve (2 g) is added. The resulting mixture is stirred at 15°-20° for 20 minutes. The mixture is filtered through a celite bed, the filtrate concentrated to dryness and the residue crystallized from isopropanol giving 1.01 g (64%) of 23 with mp 118°-121°.

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