Multi-step reaction with 7 steps
1: 92 percent / H2SO4 / toluene / 4.5 h / Heating
2: 74 percent / N-bromosuccinimde (NBS), dibenzoyl peroxide / CCl4 / 14 h / Heating
3: 82 percent / 1.33 h / 150 - 205 °C
4: 1.) LDA / 1.) Et2O, hexane, THF, 30 min, 2.) Et2O, hexane, THF, RT, 65 min
5: 63 percent / H2O, SeO2 / dioxane / 3.25 h / Heating
6: 1.) n-BuLi / 1.) THF, hexane, from -25 deg C to 0 deg C, 45 min, 2.) THF, hexane, from 0 deg C to RT, 1.5 h
7: 78 percent / 85percent KOH / ethanol; H2O / 0.5 h / Heating
With
potassium hydroxide; N-Bromosuccinimide; n-butyllithium; selenium(IV) oxide; sulfuric acid; water; lithium diisopropyl amide; dibenzoyl peroxide;
In
1,4-dioxane; tetrachloromethane; ethanol; water; toluene;
DOI:10.1021/jm00363a013