1: 72 percent / benzoyl chloride / 2 h / 20 °C 2: 75 percent / Et3N, H2 / Pd/C / tetrahydrofuran / Ambient temperature 3: 69 percent / NaHCO3, iodine, potassium iodide / H2O; CH2Cl2 4: 72 percent / H2, Et3N / Adams' platinum oxide / methanol / 0.75 h / 20 °C 5: 56 percent / acetic acid / 20 °C 6: 80 percent / sodium borohydride, Et3N / CHCl3; methanol 7: aq. KOH / 16 h / 25 °C 8: H2O / 37 °C / pH 8.25; cosynthetase; Vmax, t1/2 View Scheme