potassium hydroxide in tetrahydrofuran 2 h; Ambient temperature;

1: 80 percent / KOH / tetrahydrofuran / 2.5 h / Ambient temperature 2: 79 percent / tetrabutylammoniumfluoride-trihydrate / tetrahydrofuran / Ambient temperature View Scheme

1: 40 percent / KOH / tetrahydrofuran / 2 h / Ambient temperature 2: 76 percent / NaBH4 / diethyl ether; methanol / 0.25 h 3: PBr3 / diethyl ether / 2 h / 1.) Et2O, 0 deg C; 2.) room temperature, 2 h 4: 2 h / 60 °C 5: 40 percent / KOH / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / Ambient temperature 6: 1.) DIBAH; 2.) MnO2 / 1.) THF, 0 deg C, 15 min; 2.) Et2O, room temperature, 30 min 7: 43 percent / KOH / tetrahydrofuran / 1 h / 0 °C 8: 1.) DIBAH; 2.) MnO2 / 1.) THF, 0 deg C, 15 min; 2.) Et2O, room temperature, 30 min 9: 2 percent / NaOMe / methanol; dimethylformamide / 3 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme

<b>Multi-step reaction with 2 steps<br /> </b>1: AIBN, NBS<br />2: 165 - 170 &deg;C<br /> <br /> &nbsp;

<b>Multi-step reaction with 2 steps<br /> </b>1: (i) H₂SO₄, (ii) NBS, CCl₄ <br />2: 150 &deg;C<br /> <br /> &nbsp;