Ibuprofen synthesis

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  Let me preface this with saying, I am not a professional. I am a chemistry student and none of this was performed in the lab, these are just my suggestions and attempts to synthesis this molecule.
Ibuprofen final attempt

    So, this is my take on the professional ibuprofen synthesis. In the professional synthesis, an anhydride was reacted with hydrogen fluoride to give a ketone, which is then reduced. Next, the carboxyl group was added. I decided to take out a step by reacting hydrogen fluoride with ethanal to go straight to the alcohol.
Ibuprofen first attempt
    This is my first and admittedly less than elegant attempt to synthesis Ibuprofen retro-synthetically. I started with styrene and worked up to the target molecule. I'm not too proud of this route as it's way too many steps beyond what is reasonable.



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