lithium chloride; palladium dichloride in acetone T=25°C; 24 h;

2: NaBH4 3: 76.3 percent / toluene-p-sulphonic acid / benzene / 0.5 h / 45 °C 4: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 5: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 6: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 7: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 8: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 2: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 3: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 4: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 5: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: NaBH4 2: 76.3 percent / toluene-p-sulphonic acid / benzene / 0.5 h / 45 °C 3: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 4: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 5: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 6: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 7: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 44.7 percent / H2SO4, CH3COOH, H2O / 5 h / Heating 3: NaBH4 4: 76.3 percent / toluene-p-sulphonic acid / benzene / 0.5 h / 45 °C 5: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 6: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 7: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 8: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 9: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 2: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 3: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 4: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 5: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 76.3 percent / toluene-p-sulphonic acid / benzene / 0.5 h / 45 °C 2: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 3: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 4: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 5: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 6: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 60.4 percent / strongly basic conditions 2: 44.7 percent / H2SO4, CH3COOH, H2O / 5 h / Heating 4: NaBH4 5: 76.3 percent / toluene-p-sulphonic acid / benzene / 0.5 h / 45 °C 6: 1.) mercury(II) acetate, 2.) lithium chloride, 3.) palladium dichloride, lithium chloride / 1.) methanol, room temperature, 2 h, 2.) acetone, 15 min 7: 85.6 percent / H2 / 10percent palladium-charcoal / acetone 8: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 9: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 10: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

1: 57.6 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol 2: 71.5 percent / m-chloroperbenzoic acid, toluene-p-sulphonic acid (trace) 3: 39 mg / toluene-p-sulphonic acid View Scheme

toluene-4-sulfonic acid