Multi-step reaction with 5 steps
1: 68 percent / phosphorus pentoxide / CH2Cl2 / 18 h
2: 1.) NBS, 2.) lithium bromide / 1.) acetonitrile, 5 min, 2.) 2.5 h
3: 66.5 percent / MCPBA / CH2Cl2 / 1.) -78 deg C, 1 h, 2.) -78 deg C -> room temperature, 1.5 h
4: 1.) n-butyllithium, TMEDA, 2.) hexamethylphosphoramide / 1.) THF, -78 deg C, 1 h, 2.) -78 deg C, 15 min; -78 deg C -> -45 deg C , 1 h
5: 70 percent / sodium ethoxide / ethanol / 2 h / 70 °C
With
N,N,N,N,N,N-hexamethylphosphoric triamide; phosphorus pentaoxide; N-Bromosuccinimide; n-butyllithium; N,N,N,N,-tetramethylethylenediamine; sodium ethanolate; 3-chloro-benzenecarboperoxoic acid; lithium bromide;
In
ethanol; dichloromethane;
DOI:10.1021/ja00353a037