Multi-step reaction with 15 steps
1: 80 percent / butyllithium / tetrahydrofuran / -78 °C
2: 94 percent / tetrabutylammonium fluoride / tetrahydrofuran
3: pyridinium chlorochromate; NaOAc
4: acetic acid / 40 °C
5: 98 percent / NaBH4; CeCl3*7H2O / methanol / -20 °C
6: 76 percent / decahydronaphthalene / 220 °C
7: H2 / Pd-C / ethyl acetate
8: p-TsOH / methanol / Heating
9: 88 percent / Dess-Martin periodinane / CH2Cl2
10: CeCl3 / tetrahydrofuran / -20 °C
11: Me3Al / tetrahydrofuran / Heating
12: LiAlH4 / dioxane / Heating
13: Huenig base / CH2Cl2
14: NaIO4 / tetrahydrofuran; H2O
15: KOH / methanol
With
potassium hydroxide; sodium tetrahydroborate; sodium periodate; lithium aluminium tetrahydride; n-butyllithium; cerium(III) chloride; tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride; hydrogen; trimethylaluminum; sodium acetate; Dess-Martin periodane; toluene-4-sulfonic acid; N-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine; pyridinium chlorochromate;
palladium on activated charcoal;
In
tetrahydrofuran; 1,4-dioxane; methanol; dichloromethane; water; acetic acid; ethyl acetate; decalin;
6: Eschenmoser reaction;
DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(02)00033-3