“…Benzyl alcohol (BnOH, 99%, Acros Organics, Geel, Belgium) and tert-butyl alcohol ( t BuOH, 99%, Merck, NJ, USA) were distilled over BaO and stored under argon. 2-Chloro-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane [45], 2-tert-butoxy-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane t BuOEP [23], and BHT-Mg catalyst [(BНТ)Mg(µ-OBn)(THF)] 2 [46] were prepared according to previously described methods (for details, see Section S1 in the Supporting Information).…”