Multi-step reaction with 9 steps
1.1: tert-BuLi; (2-thienyl)Cu(CN)Li / pentane; diethyl ether; tetrahydrofuran / -78 - -40 °C
1.2: 83 percent / diethyl ether; tetrahydrofuran; pentane / -78 - -20 °C
2.1: L-Selectride / tetrahydrofuran / 4 h / -78 °C
3.1: 2.43 g / imidazole / dimethylformamide / 36 h / 20 °C
4.1: 89 percent / H2 / Pd/C / ethyl acetate / 48 h / 20 °C
5.1: oxalyl chloride; DMSO; Et3N / CH2Cl2 / 0.75 h / -78 - 0 °C
6.1: 66 percent / NaCNBH3; Et3N / methanol; diethyl ether / 0.17 h / 20 °C
7.1: 98 percent / NaCNBH3 / H2O; methanol / 0.25 h / 20 °C
8.1: H2SiF6 / acetonitrile; H2O / 4 h / 20 °C
9.1: 100 percent / 1,4-cyclohexadiene / Pd/C / ethanol / 2 h / 20 °C
With
1H-imidazole; fluorosilicic acid; oxalyl dichloride; cyclohexa-1,4-diene; hydrogen; tert.-butyl lithium; L-Selectride; sodium cyanoborohydride; dimethyl sulfoxide; thien-2-yl(cyano)copper lithium; triethylamine;
palladium on activated charcoal;
In
tetrahydrofuran; methanol; diethyl ether; ethanol; dichloromethane; water; ethyl acetate; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; acetonitrile; pentane;
5.1: Swern oxidation;
DOI:10.1021/ol015613a