Multi-step reaction with 11 steps
1.1: n-BuLi / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / 1 h / -15 °C
1.2: 96 percent / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / 2 h / -15 - 25 °C
2.1: NaH; tetrabutylammonium iodide / tetrahydrofuran / 0 - 20 °C
3.1: 3.573 g / MeOH; p-toluenesulfonic acid / CH2Cl2 / 0 - 20 °C
4.1: 86 percent / NaH / tetrahydrofuran; dimethylformamide / 2.5 h / 0 - 20 °C
5.1: triethylamine / tetrahydrofuran / 1.17 h / -78 - 0 °C
6.1: 303 mg / n-BuLi / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / -78 - 20 °C
7.1: TiCl4; N,N-diisopropylethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 5 h / -78 - -45 °C
7.2: 77 percent / N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone / CH2Cl2 / 4 h / -78 - -40 °C
8.1: 98 percent / 2,6-lutidine / CH2Cl2 / 0 - 20 °C
9.1: 95 percent / lithium borohydride; MeOH / diethyl ether; tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / 0 °C
10.1: oxalyl chloride; dimethyl sulfoxide; triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 2.5 h / -78 - 0 °C
11.1: potassium t-butoxide / tetrahydrofuran; toluene / 1 h / 0 °C
11.2: 83 percent / tetrahydrofuran; toluene / 2 h / 0 °C
With
2,6-dimethylpyridine; methanol; lithium borohydride; n-butyllithium; oxalyl dichloride; potassium tert-butylate; titanium tetrachloride; tetra-(n-butyl)ammonium iodide; sodium hydride; toluene-4-sulfonic acid; dimethyl sulfoxide; triethylamine; N-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine;
In
tetrahydrofuran; diethyl ether; hexane; dichloromethane; N,N-dimethyl-formamide; toluene;
10.1: Swern oxidation / 11.2: Wittig reaction;
DOI:10.1021/ol060704z