Please find as attachment a possible synthetic scheme, involving relatively simple precursors and operation steps (attachment). The references are shown below:
Experimental details: To a solution of diazide (14.67 g) in THF (100 ml) 1.5 g is added 5 % Pt on charcoal, followed after by stirring (t = 12 h) under hydrogen.
[2b] Coonditions: in N,N-dimethyl-formamide; T = 110°C; h = 2 h; Yinglin; T.; Hongwen; X. Synthetic Commun. 21 (1991) 79-84
[2c] Conditions: water
(bei der elektrochemischen Reduktion unter Verwendung von Magnetit Kathoden)