Multi-step reaction with 6 steps
1: 30 percent / NBS, dibenzoyl peroxide / CCl4 / 3.5 h / Heating
2: 21 percent / NaOEt, 2-nitropropane / ethanol / 1.) reflux, 2.5 h, 2.) -5 deg C, 63 h
3: 1.) n-BuLi / 1.) THF, hexane, from -20 deg C to -5 deg C, 65 min, 2.) hexane, THF, a) RT, 19 h, b) 60 deg C, 2.5 h
4: 61 percent / SeO2 / aq. ethanol / 22 h / Heating
5: 1.) n-BuLi / 1.) THF, hexane, from -35 deg C to 0 deg C, 50 min, 2.) hexane, THF, a) from 0 deg C to RT, 2 h, b) 60 deg C, 1.5 h
6: 87 percent / KOH / ethanol; H2O / 0.25 h / 80 °C
With
potassium hydroxide; N-Bromosuccinimide; n-butyllithium; selenium(IV) oxide; 2-nitropropane; sodium ethanolate; dibenzoyl peroxide;
In
tetrachloromethane; ethanol; water;
DOI:10.1021/jm00137a019