1: 90 percent / NaIO4 / acetonitrile; H2O / 2 h / 20 °C 2: BF3 etherate / toluene / 0.08 h / -30 °C 3: 99 g / p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate; molecular sieves / toluene / 4 h / 40 - 50 °C 4: 71 percent / (PPh3)3RhCl; hydrogen / CH2Cl2 / 18 h / 3102.89 Torr 5: 70 percent / CBS; BH3-Me2S / toluene; CH2Cl2 / 2 h / -20 °C View Scheme

1: 90 percent / NaIO4 / acetonitrile; H2O / 2 h / 20 °C 2: BF3 etherate / toluene / 0.08 h / -30 °C 3: 99 g / p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate; molecular sieves / toluene / 4 h / 40 - 50 °C 4: 90 percent / hydrogen / 10 percent Pd/C / methanol; ethyl acetate / 3 h / 1551.44 Torr 5: 79 percent / bistrimethylsilylurea; BH3-Me2S / CH2Cl2 / 5 h / -20 - -15 °C View Scheme

1: 90 percent / NaIO4 / acetonitrile; H2O / 2 h / 20 °C 2: BF3 etherate / toluene / 0.08 h / -30 °C 3: 99 g / p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate; molecular sieves / toluene / 4 h / 40 - 50 °C 4: 90 percent / hydrogen / 10 percent Pd/C / methanol; ethyl acetate / 3 h / 1551.44 Torr View Scheme

1: 90 percent / NaIO4 / acetonitrile; H2O / 2 h / 20 °C 2: BF3 etherate / toluene / 0.08 h / -30 °C 3: 99 g / p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate; molecular sieves / toluene / 4 h / 40 - 50 °C 4: 71 percent / (PPh3)3RhCl; hydrogen / CH2Cl2 / 18 h / 3102.89 Torr View Scheme