1: 82 percent / POCl3 / pyridine / 8 h / Ambient temperature 2: 92 percent / BF3*Et2O / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / Ambient temperature 3: 81 percent / iPr2NEt / CH2Cl2 / 7 h / Ambient temperature 4: 59 percent / Na2CO3, MeI / H2O; acetonitrile / 3 h / Heating 5: 1.) HMPA, 15percent w/w n-BuLi / 1.) THF, hexane, -78 deg C, 15 min; 2.) THF, -78 deg C, 10 min; 0 deg C, 30 min; rt, 6 h 6: 2.) ethanethiol, BF3*Et2O / 1.) Methylene Blue / 1.) toluene, 220 deg C, 100 h; 2.) CH2Cl2, rt, 1 h 7: 52 percent / CrO3 / pyridine / 10 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme

1: 82 percent / POCl3 / pyridine / 8 h / Ambient temperature 2: 92 percent / BF3*Et2O / CH2Cl2 / 1 h / Ambient temperature 3: 81 percent / iPr2NEt / CH2Cl2 / 7 h / Ambient temperature 4: 59 percent / Na2CO3, MeI / H2O; acetonitrile / 3 h / Heating 5: 1.) HMPA, 15percent w/w n-BuLi / 1.) THF, hexane, -78 deg C, 15 min; 2.) THF, -78 deg C, 10 min; 0 deg C, 30 min; rt, 6 h 7: 44 percent / PCC / CH2Cl2 / 3.5 h / Ambient temperature 8: 96 percent / ethanethiol, BF3*Et2O / CH2Cl2 / 0.5 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme