Multi-step reaction with 13 steps
1: pyridine / 8 h
2: 93.4 percent / LiBr / dimethylformamide / 18 h / Ambient temperature
3: 98 percent / dimethylformamide; H2O / 24 h / 70 °C
4: 95.4 percent / 1.7M DIBAL-H / hexane; diethyl ether / 1.) -60 deg C, 1h, 2.) rt., 3 h
5: 77.6 percent / Ph3P / CH2Cl2 / 0.25 h / 0 °C
6: 88 percent / 1.5M n-BuLi / hexane; tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / -70 °C / 1.) -70 deg C, 1h, 2.) room temperature, 1.5 h
7: 1.) 1.7M DIBAL-H / 1.) hexane, 50 deg C, 2 h; 2.) ether, room temperature, 2 h
8: 2 N HCl / tetrahydrofuran / 20 h / Ambient temperature
9: pyridine / 20 h / 45 °C
10: 89.5 percent / imidazole / dimethylformamide / 3 h / 70 °C
11: 91.9 percent / 0.2N NaOH / methanol; CHCl3 / 0.25 h / Ambient temperature
12: 47.2 percent / Hg(CN)2 / nitromethane; benzene / 3.5 h / 80 °C
13: 83.2 percent / 0.5N NaOH / methanol; CHCl3 / 0.33 h / Ambient temperature
With
1H-imidazole; hydrogenchloride; sodium hydroxide; n-butyllithium; mercury(II) cyanide; diisobutylaluminium hydride; triphenylphosphine; lithium bromide;
In
tetrahydrofuran; pyridine; methanol; diethyl ether; nitromethane; hexane; dichloromethane; chloroform; water; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; benzene;
DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)96633-5