Multi-step reaction with 5 steps
1: 98 percent / diisobutylaluminium hydride / toluene; benzene / 3 h / 0 - 21 °C
2: 92 percent / dichlorodicyanoquinone / dioxane / 23 h / 21 °C
3: 98 percent / imidazole / dimethylformamide / 23 h / 21 °C
4: 1.) cuprous iodide, 3.) triethylamine / 1.) toluene, diethyl ether, 0 deg C, 10 min, 2.) toluene, diethyl ether, 0 deg C, 30 min, 3.) toluene, diethyl ether, 0 deg C, 1 h, 21 deg C, 4 h
5: 55 percent / titanium tetrachloride / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C
With
1H-imidazole; copper(l) iodide; titanium tetrachloride; diisobutylaluminium hydride; triethylamine; 2,3-dicyano-5,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone;
In
1,4-dioxane; dichloromethane; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; toluene; benzene;
DOI:10.1139/v95-278