1: 52 percent / 35percent KH / hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide; paraffin / 1a) 4h, room temp., 1b) 120 deg C, 2h 2: 94 percent / H2 / 10percent Pd/C / cyclohexane / 16 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme

potassium hydride; ammonium chloride 1a) HMPA, 4h, room temp., 1b) 120 deg C, 2h; Yield given. Multistep reaction. Further byproducts given. Yields of byproduct given;