Myslim, ze nejlepsi by v tom pripade bylo vzit 3-methylene-cyklobutankarboxylovou kyselinu (CAS 15760-36-8) s boranem.Me2S (nebo THF) a zpracovat basickym peroxidem nebo perboratem na 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-cyklobutan. Tahle kyselina je komercne dostupna ale velmi draha. Pripravi se snadno hydrolyzou z prislusneho nitrilu:
3-methylenecyclobutanecarboxylic acid. Potassium hydroxide (17.37g, 214.7mmol) was dissolved in water (20ml) and ethanol (20ml) added. When cool this solution was added to 3-methylene-cyclobutanecarbonitrile (5.0g, 53.7mmol) and the resulting solution heated to reflux for 2.5 hours, allowed to cool and evaporated in vacuo to a cream solid. The solid was dissolved in water (15ml) and cooled in an ice bath, concentrated HCl added to pH 1 and extracted with diethyl ether (3 × 20ml). The ethereal extracts were dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated in vacuo to yield the title compound as a pale yellow liquid (5.6g, 93%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3 400 MHz): δ 2.95:(m, 2H), 3.02 (m, 2H), 3.17 (m, 1H), 4.82 (m, 2H)