Sodium borohydride → HCID 21521019, compound

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Reaction Steps

65.2g of pyridine, 2ml of concentrated soda and then 31.3g of powdered sodium borohydride is added to a solution in 500ml of 96° alcohol of 77g of piperidino-6-ethoxy-5-p-methoxycinnamoyl-4,7-dimethoxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran obtained in the preceding stage, over a period of 10 to 15 minutes. The mixture is refluxed for 7 hours, the solvents removed, the residue is dissolved in water extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The crude product obtained is recrystallised from 96° alcohol.

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