Multi-step reaction with 6 steps
1.1: 62 percent / H2SO4; para-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate / toluene / 72 h / Heating
2.1: 2-bromomesitylene; n-BuLi / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / 3.5 h / -10 - 20 °C
2.2: 68 percent / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / -23 - 20 °C
3.1: 88 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; H2O / 0.5 h / 0 °C
4.1: LHMDS / tetrahydrofuran / 0.58 h / -78 - 20 °C
4.2: Bu4NI / tetrahydrofuran / 16 h / 65 °C
4.3: 96 percent / pyrrolidine / tetrahydrofuran / 3.5 h / 20 °C
5.1: 96 percent / PTSA*H2O / ethanol; H2O / 6.25 h / 80 °C
6.1: LHMDS / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / -78 °C
6.2: tetrahydrofuran / 1.25 h / -95 - -78 °C
6.3: aq. LiOH; aq. H2O2 / tetrahydrofuran / 1.5 h / 0 - 20 °C
With
sodium tetrahydroborate; n-butyllithium; 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl bromide; sulfuric acid; toluene-4-sulfonic acid; lithium hexamethyldisilazane;
In
tetrahydrofuran; ethanol; hexane; water; isopropyl alcohol; toluene;
DOI:10.1021/jo060928v