1: 85 percent / methanol; H2O / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 2: H2 / 5percentPd-C, PdCl2 / ethanol / 750.06 Torr View Scheme

1: 85 percent / methanol; H2O / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 2: 1.) n-BuLi / 1.) THF, -78 degC, 3 h; 2.) THF, -78 degC, 0.5 h, allowed to warm to room temp. for 15 h 3: 57 percent / Raney-Ni / ethanol / 6 h / Heating 4: 97 percent / LiAlH4 / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme