1: H2O / 120 h / 25 °C / bacteria 4-10T (Klebsiella pneumoniae) 2: 96 percent / H2, quinoline / Lindlar catalyst / ethanol / 0.67 h / 760 Torr 3: 96 percent / imidazole / tetrahydrofuran / 8 h / 25 °C 4: 78 percent / trimethylsilyl iodide, propene / CHCl3 / 0.5 h / 25 °C 5: 90 percent / benzene / 16 h / Heating 6: 1.) NaH / 1.) benzene, 25 deg C, 1 h, 2.) benzene, 0 deg C 7: 81 percent / aluminum hydride / tetrahydrofuran / 1.5 h / 0 °C 8: 100 percent / CBr4, PPh3 / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 9: 56 percent / acetonitrile / 6 h / 0 °C 10: 1.) n-BuLi, 2.) HMPA / 1.) THF, hexane, -78 deg C, 15 min, 2a.) THF, hexane, -78 deg C, 40 min, 2b.) -20 deg C, 30 min 11: 48 percent / tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride / tetrahydrofuran / 5 h / 25 °C 12: 68 percent / K2CO3 / methanol; H2O / 12 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme