Reacción #741862

Ecuación de reacción

sodium borohydride

ethanol

4-methoxymethoxy-5-methyl-1-naphthalenecarbaldehyde

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captioned compound

Rendimiento 92.5%

1-hydroxymethyl-4-methoxymethoxy-5-methylnaphthalene

Rendimiento 92.5%

Disolventes

Water

Condiciones de reacción

Tratamiento posterior

1. 1
   Filtraciónthe resultant crystals were collected by filtration
2. 2
   Otrodried

Procedimiento

1.23 g of sodium borohydride was added to an ethanol (100 ml) solution of 15 g of 4-methoxymethoxy-5-methyl-1-naphthalenecarbaldehyde at room temperature and agitated for 30 minutes. Water was added to the reaction solution and the resultant crystals were collected by filtration and dried to obtain 14 g of the captioned compound as light brown crystals.

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