Methanol → (4,5-Difluoro-2-nitrophenyl)methanol

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To a solution of to 4,5-difluoro-2-nitrobenzoic acid (25.9 g) in THF (90 ml), cooled to 0° C., was carefully added borane-tetrahydrofuran complex (319 ml, 1M in THF). After the addition was complete, the mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 3 h. Methanol (150 ml) was added to the mixture at 0° C. and after 10 minutes the mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with sat. aq. NaCl, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo.

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