1: 36 percent / KH2PO4, K2HPO4, water / acetone / 12 h / Ambient temperature; lipase PS "Amano" 2: 93 percent / HgCl2, CaCO3, water / acetonitrile / 7 h / Heating 3: benzene 4: benzene / 3 h / Heating 5: H2, AcOH / 10percent Pd/C / 18 h / 760 Torr / Ambient temperature 6: Et3N / tetrahydrofuran; benzene / 1 h / Ambient temperature 7: 91 percent / NaIO4, KMnO4, KH2PO4, K2HPO4 / H2O; acetone / 3 h / Ambient temperature 8: 80 percent / 4 N HCl in dioxane / 1 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme