Multi-step reaction with 11 steps
1: 75 percent / p-TsOH / ethyl acetate / 12 h / 20 °C
2: 97 percent / pyridine / 0 - 20 °C
3: ozone / methanol; CH2Cl2 / -78 °C
4: 10.3 g / NaBH4 / methanol; CH2Cl2 / -78 - -20 °C
5: 91 percent / imidazole / dimethylformamide / 4 h / 20 °C
6: 95 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 72 h / 20 °C
7: 95 percent / [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene; TEMPO / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / 20 °C
8: 94 percent / CH2Cl2 / 12 h / 20 °C
9: 86 percent / i-Bu2AlH / toluene; CH2Cl2 / 2 h / -78 °C
10: 80 percent / L-(+)-diisopropyl tatrtrate; Ti(OPr-i)4; t-BuO2H / 4 Amgstroem molecular sieves / CH2Cl2 / 12 h / -20 °C
11: 97 percent / I2; Ph3P; imidazole / tetrahydrofuran; acetonitrile / 0.5 h / 20 °C
With
pyridine; 1H-imidazole; titanium(IV) isopropylate; tert.-butylhydroperoxide; 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl; sodium tetrahydroborate; L-(+)-diisopropyl tartrate; [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene; iodine; diisobutylaluminium hydride; potassium carbonate; toluene-4-sulfonic acid; ozone; triphenylphosphine;
4 A molecular sieve;
In
tetrahydrofuran; methanol; dichloromethane; ethyl acetate; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; toluene; acetonitrile;
10: Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation;
DOI:10.1021/ol0700862