1: 99 percent / 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine / pyridine / 16 h / Ambient temperature 2: 89 percent / 85percent m-chloroperbenzoic acid / CH2Cl2 / 2 h / Ambient temperature 3: 57 percent / Al-isopropylate / toluene / 5 h / Heating 4: 91 percent / MnO2 / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / Ambient temperature 5: 1.) K-tert-C4H9; 2.) O2, Bengalrosa B / <18>crown-6 / 1.) CH2Cl2, 4h, room temp.; 2.) CH2Cl2, 30 min, irradiation 6: 86 percent / pyridiniumchlorochromate, NaAc*3H2O / CH2Cl2 / 0.42 h / Ambient temperature 7: 2.) CH3COOH, CF3COOH, H2O / 1.) CH2Cl2, room temp., 30 min, irradiation; 2.) THF, 15 degC, 24h 8: 95 percent / 1.5percent methanolic HCl / 16 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme