Thanks for the help.
Regarding the Doi link, I couldnt get it to work so I downloaded the plugin, still no luck?? Also unable to find a source or synth for lead tetraacetate, only thing I could find on your page was iodination.lead.tetraacetate. Also found something I thought might be usefull and was wonder what you thought ..
"Using concentration sulfuric (for acid-insensitive compounds) and Al metal for reduction of C=O an C-OH bonds to the respective C-H compound. (M. (1917), 38, 11). "
looks feasable to me but I get kinda stupid without mah RX :-), any more help would bee much apperaited ..
Thanks again