Multi-step reaction with 8 steps
1: 72 percent / potassium 5-methyl-2-nitrophenoxide / dimethylformamide / 20 h / Heating
2: 80 percent / pyridinium chlorochromate / CH2Cl2 / 16 h / Ambient temperature
3: 1.) LS-Selectride; 2.) KOH, 30percent H2O2 / 1.) THF, -78 deg C, 2 h.; 2.) THF, ethanol, water, room temp.
4: 74 percent / 57percent NaH / 1,2-dimethoxy-ethane / 1 h / Ambient temperature
5: H2 / 5percent Pd/C / ethyl acetate; aq. ethanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature
6: 85 percent / 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene, NaI / acetonitrile / 16 h / Heating
7: 1.) trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine; 2.) tetrabutylammonium fluoride trihydrate / 1.) CHCl3, room temp.; 2.) CHCl3, room temp., 15 min.
8: 1M KOH then acid / dioxane; methanol; H2O
With
potassium hydroxide; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-pyridine; trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate; tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride; hydrogen; dihydrogen peroxide; N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-1,8-diaminonaphthalene; sodium hydride; potassium salt of 5-methyl-2-nitrophenol; lithium tri-sec-butyl(hydrido)borate; pyridinium chlorochromate; sodium iodide;
palladium on activated charcoal;
In
1,4-dioxane; methanol; 1,2-dimethoxyethane; ethanol; dichloromethane; water; ethyl acetate; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; acetonitrile;
DOI:10.1021/ja00218a034