Abstract Quaternary salts of pyridine and 4-methylpyridine with ethyl esters of ω- bromoalkanoic acids, IIa-IIe, were converted into esters IIIa-IIIe by the action of sodium borohydride. These were further reduced by lithium aluminium hydride to alcohols Ia-Ie. 4- (1, 2, 3, 6-Tetrahydro-1-pyridyl)-butanol (Ic) was also obtained from 1-(3- ethoxycarbonylpropyl) pyridinium bromide (IIc) by the action of LiAlH 4. The ethyl ester IIIa ...