“…Procedure A was used with 2-(4-bromophenyl)-2-methyl-1,3-dioxane (256 mg, 1 mmol), mebynol (0.2 mL, 2 mmol), DIPA (0.5 mL, 3 mmol), copper(I) iodide (22 mg, 0.1 mmol), triphenylphosphine (75 mg, 0.3 mmol), and palladium(II) acetate (12 mg, 0.05 mmol) (time = 2 h; eluent = ether/ethyl acetate, 10:1) to give product 2-methyl-4-(4-(2-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)phenyl)but-3-yn-2-ol (170 mg, 86%) as yellow crystals: mp 70.5–71.5 °C. 1 H NMR (CDCl 3 , 500 MHz): δ (ppm) 7.47–7.33 (m, 4H), 4.13–3.61 (m, 4H), 2.11 (s, 1H, H10), 1.64 (s, 3H), 1.62 (s, 6H).…”