1: 90 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / 20 °C 2: 90 percent / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / sonication 3: 97 percent / hydrogen / Pd-CaCO3 / ethanol / 24 h / 20 °C 4: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 5: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 6: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 7: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 8: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 9: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 10: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 11: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 2: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 3: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 4: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 5: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 6: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 7: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 8: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 97 percent / hydrogen / Pd-CaCO3 / ethanol / 24 h / 20 °C 2: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 3: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 4: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 5: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 6: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 7: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 8: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 9: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 2: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 2: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 3: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 4: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 2: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 3: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 2: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 3: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 4: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 5: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 16 percent / lithium / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / sonication 2: 90 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / 20 °C 3: 90 percent / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / sonication 4: 97 percent / hydrogen / Pd-CaCO3 / ethanol / 24 h / 20 °C 5: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 6: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 7: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 8: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 9: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 10: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 11: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 12: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 16 percent / lithium / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / sonication 2: 90 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / 20 °C 3: 90 percent / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / sonication 4: 97 percent / hydrogen / Pd-CaCO3 / ethanol / 24 h / 20 °C 5: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 6: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 7: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 8: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 9: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 10: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 11: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 12: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme

1: 31 percent / boron trifluoride etherate; sodium cyanoborohydride / tetrahydrofuran / 10 h / Heating 2: 16 percent / lithium / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / sonication 3: 90 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / 20 °C 4: 90 percent / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / sonication 5: 97 percent / hydrogen / Pd-CaCO3 / ethanol / 24 h / 20 °C 6: 85 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 30 h / 20 °C 7: 75 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 1.5 h / cooling 8: 28 percent / propionic acid / 48 h / 180 °C 9: 80 percent / Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh / CH2Cl2 / 6 h / 20 °C 10: 99 percent / hydrogen / Pd on activated C / ethanol / 3 h / 20 °C / 760 Torr 11: 98 percent / LiAlH4 / diethyl ether / 1 h / 0 °C 12: 89 percent / PCC; silica gel / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / 20 °C 13: 77 percent Turnov. / (Ph3P)3RhCl / benzene / 20 h / 120 - 130 °C View Scheme