Multi-step reaction with 6 steps
1: 96 percent / D-diethyl tartrate (D-DET), Ti(O-i-Pr)4, BuOOH, 4-A sieves / CH2Cl2 / 32 h / -20 °C
2: 95 percent / Ph3P, I2, imidazole / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / Heating
3: 1.) t-BuLi, 2.) i-Pr2NEt / 1.) Et2O, -78 deg C, 15 min, 2.) CH2Cl2, RT, 16 h
4: 1.) O3, 2.) NaBH4 / 1.) MeOH, CH2Cl2, -78 deg C, 2.) RT, 6 h
5: 94 percent / Ph3P, I2, imidazole / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / Heating
With
1H-imidazole; titanium(IV) isopropylate; sodium tetrahydroborate; 1-butyl hydroperoxide; 4 A molecular sieve; iodine; tert.-butyl lithium; ozone; diethyl D-tartrate; N-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine; triphenylphosphine;
In
dichloromethane;
DOI:10.1021/ja00167a068