1: 95.5 percent / PDC / CH2Cl2 / 5 h / Ambient temperature 2: 88 percent / H2 / PtO2 / ethyl acetate; ethanol / 3 h / Ambient temperature 3: 96 percent / LiAlH4 / tetrahydrofuran / 4 h / Ambient temperature 4: p-TsOH / 0.33 h / Ambient temperature 5: CrO3, pyridine / 5 h / Ambient temperature 6: 2) 5percent HCl / 2) (PH3P)3RhCl / 1) toluene, 2h, reflux, 2) MeOH, overnight 7: 52 percent / Zn(Hg), TMSCl / tetrahydrofuran / 12 h / Ambient temperature 8: 93 percent / OsO4, NMMNO / tetrahydrofuran; H2O; 2-methyl-propan-2-ol / 22 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme