1: 100 percent / p-TsOH / benzene / Ambient temperature 2: o-chloranil / benzene / 72 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme

With  sodium tetrahydroborate in  tetrahydrofuran; methanol 1 h;  Ambient temperature;   

Multi-step reaction with 3 steps 1: 1.) p-TsOH, 2.) 10percent KOH / 1.) benzene, RT, overnight, 2.) ethanediol, 185-190 deg C2: CH3SO3H / 4 h / 55 - 60 °C3: 94 percent / NaBH4 / tetrahydrofuran; methanol / 1 h / Ambient temperature  

With  toluene-4-sulfonic acid in  benzene  Ambient temperature;