Multi-step reaction with 7 steps
1: 1) NaBH4 / 2) DMF, 140 deg C, 3 h
2: 1.50 g / Raney-Nickel W-1, NaOH / ethanol / 0.17 h / Ambient temperature
3: 82 percent / iodine, KI, NaHCO3 / CH2Cl2; H2O / 48 h / Ambient temperature
4: 94 percent / 1,8-diazabicyclo<5.4.0>undec-7-ene (DBU) / toluene / 4 h / Heating
5: 0.787 g / LiAlH4 / tetrahydrofuran / 1) -78 deg C, 30 min., 2) 0 deg C, 1.5 h
6: 48 percent / 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ) / dioxane / 48 h / Ambient temperature
7: 80 percent / imidazole / dimethylformamide / 10 h / Ambient temperature
With
1H-imidazole; sodium hydroxide; sodium tetrahydroborate; lithium aluminium tetrahydride; Raney-Nickel W-1; iodine; sodium hydrogencarbonate; 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene; 2,3-dicyano-5,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone; potassium iodide;
In
tetrahydrofuran; 1,4-dioxane; ethanol; dichloromethane; water; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; toluene;
DOI:10.1248/cpb.38.1479