The two synthetic procedures of cyanostar were optimized for large and small scales. These syntheses involve a few modifications from the original synthesis. In that work, a published procedure was followed to access cyano-alcohol intermediate 5 in three steps with a 50% overall yield. To convert alcohol 5 into pre-macrocyclic monomer 6, an oxidation reaction with PCC was undertaken on a 10-gram scale with 90% yield within 2 hours. Macrocyclization was performed on a 12-gram scale overnight. After purification by column chromatography, pure cyanostar was obtained in 81% yield. Since the original report, each synthetic step has been optimized for scale, reaction time, and yield. This report serves as a summary of those optimization efforts and lays out cyanostar synthesis pathways for both large and small reaction scales. With these pathways established, the synthetic steps to make cyanostar are as easy in practice as they are in theory, such as might be presented in a sophomore organic chemistry class.