“…This reaction was run using 75 mg (0.50 mmoles) of 8 and the general procedure given above for the preparation of 10a . This compound (72 mg, 61%) was isolated as a light yellow solid, mp 111–114°C [16]. IR: 1673 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR δ 7.93 (dd, 1H, J = 7.8, 1.8), 7.39–7.24 (complex, 6H), 6.72 (t, 1H, J = 8.0), 6.70 (d, 1H, J = 8.4), 4.57 (s, 2H), 3.60 (t, 2H, J = 7.0), 2.75 (t, 2H, J = 7.0); 13 C NMR: δ 193.5, 151.7, 137.2, 135.5, 128.8, 128.2, 127.4, 126.7, 119.8, 117.0, 113.4, 55.2, 49.4, 38.0; ms: m/z 146 (M + ‐C 7 H 7 ).…”