Multi-step reaction with 4 steps
1: 88 percent / bis(2,5-norbornene)tris(tert-butyl)phosphine-platinum(0) / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Heating
2: 1.) titanium tetraisopropoxide, L-(+)-diethyl tartrate, 4 A molecular sieves, 2.) 5.48 M tert-butylhydroperoxide, 3.) dimethyl sulphide / 1.) CH2Cl2, 20 min, 2.) CH2Cl2, -20 deg C, 48 h, 3.) CH2Cl2, 1 h
3: 93 percent / propionic acid / toluene / 30 min, reflux, addition repeated 3 times
4: 99 percent / LDA, HMPA / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / -78 deg C, 20 min; 20 min; to 0 deg C
With
titanium(IV) isopropylate; tert.-butylhydroperoxide; N,N,N,N,N,N-hexamethylphosphoric triamide; dimethylsulfide; diethyl (2R,3R)-tartrate; 4 A molecular sieve; propionic acid; lithium diisopropyl amide;
bis(2,5-norbornene)tris(tert-butyl)phosphine-platinum(0);
In
tetrahydrofuran; hexane; toluene;
DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00736-R