1: 95 percent / 6 M HCl / tetrahydrofuran / 19 h / 40 °C 3: 68 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.58 h / Heating 4: 94 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.5 h / 0 °C 5: 91 percent / pyridine / Ambient temperature 6: 85 percent / triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 7: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 8: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 9: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 10: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 11: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 12: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 13: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 14: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 15: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 16: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 17: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 18: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 19: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 20: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 21: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 22: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 65 percent / 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol / o-xylene / 144 h / Heating 2: 95 percent / 6 M HCl / tetrahydrofuran / 19 h / 40 °C 4: 68 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.58 h / Heating 5: 94 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.5 h / 0 °C 6: 91 percent / pyridine / Ambient temperature 7: 85 percent / triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 8: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 9: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 10: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 11: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 12: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 13: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 14: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 15: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 16: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 17: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 18: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 19: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 20: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 21: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 22: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 23: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 2: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 3: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 4: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 5: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 6: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 7: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 8: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 9: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 10: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 11: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 12: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 13: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 14: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 15: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 16: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 68 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.58 h / Heating 2: 94 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.5 h / 0 °C 3: 91 percent / pyridine / Ambient temperature 4: 85 percent / triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 5: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 6: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 7: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 8: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 9: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 10: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 11: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 12: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 13: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 14: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 15: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 16: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 17: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 18: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 19: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 20: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 2: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 3: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 4: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 5: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 6: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 7: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 8: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 9: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 10: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 2: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 3: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 4: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 5: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 6: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 7: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 8: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 2: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 3: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 4: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 5: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 6: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 7: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 8: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 9: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 10: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 11: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 12: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 2: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 3: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 4: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 5: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 6: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 7: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 8: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 9: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 10: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 11: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

3: 62 percent / L-Selectride / tetrahydrofuran / 0.42 h / -78 °C 4: 85 percent / diisopropylethylamine, dimethylaminopyridine / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / Ambient temperature 5: 98 percent / tetrabutylammonium fluoride / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / Ambient temperature 6: 75 percent / pyridine / CH2Cl2 / -5 °C 7: 87 percent / sodium methoxide / CH2Cl2; methanol / 0.67 h / 0 °C 9: 65 percent / 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol / o-xylene / 144 h / Heating 10: 95 percent / 6 M HCl / tetrahydrofuran / 19 h / 40 °C 12: 68 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.58 h / Heating 13: 94 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.5 h / 0 °C 14: 91 percent / pyridine / Ambient temperature 15: 85 percent / triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 16: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 17: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 18: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 19: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 20: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 21: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 22: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 23: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 24: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 25: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 26: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 27: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 28: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 29: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 30: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 31: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme

1: 62 percent / L-Selectride / tetrahydrofuran / 0.42 h / -78 °C 2: 85 percent / diisopropylethylamine, dimethylaminopyridine / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / Ambient temperature 3: 98 percent / tetrabutylammonium fluoride / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / Ambient temperature 4: 75 percent / pyridine / CH2Cl2 / -5 °C 5: 87 percent / sodium methoxide / CH2Cl2; methanol / 0.67 h / 0 °C 7: 65 percent / 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol / o-xylene / 144 h / Heating 8: 95 percent / 6 M HCl / tetrahydrofuran / 19 h / 40 °C 10: 68 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.58 h / Heating 11: 94 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.5 h / 0 °C 12: 91 percent / pyridine / Ambient temperature 13: 85 percent / triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature 14: 90 percent / LAH / tetrahydrofuran / 0.67 h / 0 °C 15: 1.) oxalyl chloride, dimethylsulfoxide 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -10 deg C, 20 min 2.) -10 deg C, 5 min 16: 53 percent / K2CO3 / methanol / 19 h / 100 °C 17: 73 percent / sodium methoxide / methanol / 2 h / Ambient temperature 18: 85 percent / methanesulfonyl chloride, triethylamine / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / 0 °C 19: 90 percent / NaBH4 / propan-2-ol; CHCl3 / 0.67 h / Ambient temperature 20: 93 percent / aq.HF / acetonitrile / 24 h / Ambient temperature 21: 70 percent / DMAP / 0.33 h / 40 °C 22: 70 percent / Amberlyst A-21 / diethyl ether / 2 h / Ambient temperature 23: 55 percent / n-Bu3SnH, AIBN / toluene / 0.5 h / Heating 24: 0.034 g / sodium borohydride / propan-2-ol; tetrahydrofuran / -78 deg C to rt, overnight 25: 80 percent / n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, NaH / tetrahydrofuran / 18 h / Ambient temperature 26: 85 percent / 48percent aq. HF / acetonitrile / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature 27: 1.) oxalyl chloride, DMSO 2.) triethylamine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -60 deg C, 15 min 2.) -60 deg C, 15 min 28: 78 percent / BF3.Et2O, bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature; 2 29: 42 percent / boron trichloride / CH2Cl2; hexane / 4 h / -78 °C View Scheme