1: 1.) di-isobutylaluminium hydride, 2.) aqueous acetic acid / 1.) toluene, -78 deg C, 2.5 h, 2.) room temperature, 30 min 2: 98 percent / m-hydrochloric acid / tetrahydrofuran / 12 h 3: 92 percent / aqueous potassium hydroxide / methanol / 24 h / 20 °C 4: 85 percent / lithium 1,1-dimethylethanethiolate / hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide / 2 h / 70 °C 5: 51 mg / H2 / 5percent Pd-C / ethyl acetate 6: 33 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 3 h View Scheme

1: 1.) di-isobutylaluminium hydride, 2.) aqueous acetic acid / 1.) toluene, -78 deg C, 2.5 h, 2.) room temperature, 30 min 2: 98 percent / m-hydrochloric acid / tetrahydrofuran / 12 h 3: 92 percent / aqueous potassium hydroxide / methanol / 24 h / 20 °C 4: 85 percent / lithium 1,1-dimethylethanethiolate / hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide / 2 h / 70 °C 5: 51 mg / H2 / 5percent Pd-C / ethyl acetate View Scheme

1: 1.) di-isobutylaluminium hydride, 2.) aqueous acetic acid / 1.) toluene, -78 deg C, 2.5 h, 2.) room temperature, 30 min 2: 98 percent / m-hydrochloric acid / tetrahydrofuran / 12 h 3: 92 percent / aqueous potassium hydroxide / methanol / 24 h / 20 °C 4: 85 percent / lithium 1,1-dimethylethanethiolate / hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide / 2 h / 70 °C 5: 51 mg / H2 / 5percent Pd-C / ethyl acetate 6: 7 percent / sodium borohydride / methanol / 3 h View Scheme