1.1: 94 percent / Et3N / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / -30 °C 2.1: 90 percent / TsOH / H2O; methanol / 16 h / 20 °C 3.1: 81 percent / pyridine / 3 h / Heating 4.1: 100 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Heating 5.1: diisopropylethylamine; DMAP / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 6.1: 508 mg / diisopropylethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 12 h 7.1: 95 percent / tetrabutylammonium fluoride / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / 20 °C 8.1: 86 percent / I2; Ph3P; imidazole / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 20 °C 9.1: 85 percent / NaHCO3 / acetonitrile / 36 h / 40 °C 10.1: BuLi / hexane; tetrahydrofuran / 0.25 h / cooling 10.2: 60 percent / tetrahydrofuran; hexane / 0.25 h 11.1: 98 percent / H2 / chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) / benzene; ethanol / 12 h 12.1: 83 percent / AcCl / methanol; CH2Cl2 / 2 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: PPH3, DEAD / benzene / 16 h 3: CH2Cl2 / 1 h / -20 - 0 °C 4: TsOH / methanol; H2O / 16 h / Ambient temperature 5: pyridine / 2 h / 100 °C 6: LiAlH4 / diethyl ether; tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / 0 °C / Heating 8: I2, PPh3, imidazole / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / Ambient temperature 9: NaHCO3 / acetonitrile / 24 h / 45 °C 10: 1.) n-BuLi / 1.) THF, 0 deg C, 0.5 h, 2.) THF, 0 deg C -> room temp., 1 h 11: H2, Rh(PPh3)3Cl / benzene; ethanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 12: acetyl chloride / methanol; diethyl ether / 6 h / Heating View Scheme