Multi-step reaction with 9 steps
1: pyridine / 72 h / 4 °C
2: LiI / dimethylformamide / 1) 1 h and 10 min, 0 deg C, 2) 75 deg C, 7 h, 3) RT, overnight
3: 1) LDA / 1) THF, hexane, -78 deg C, 75 min, 2) HMPT, RT, 16 h
4: 87 percent / Red-Al / toluene / Heating
5: 96 percent / NaH / tetrahydrofuran / Ambient temperature
6: 81 percent / aq. AcOH / 100 °C
7: NaHCO3, m-CPBA / CH2Cl2; diethyl ether / Ambient temperature
8: C6H11N(i-Pr)Li / hexane; diethyl ether / 6.25 h / Ambient temperature
9: 81 percent / NaH / dimethylformamide / 5 h / Ambient temperature
With
pyridine; C6H11N(i-Pr)Li; sodium hydride; sodium hydrogencarbonate; acetic acid; 3-chloro-benzenecarboperoxoic acid; sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminium dihydride; lithium iodide; lithium diisopropyl amide;
In
tetrahydrofuran; diethyl ether; hexane; dichloromethane; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; toluene;
DOI:10.1021/jo00011a027