“…Coumarin 2j was prepared from 1j (61.0 mg, 0.26 mmol), 1-fluoro-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (94.3 mg, 0.31 mmol), Cu(OAc) 2 (2.4 mg, 0.013 mmol), p -TsOH (49.9 mg, 0.26 mmol), and PdCl 2 (CH 3 CN) 2 (6.8 mg, 0.026 mmol) in mesitylene (1 mL). The mixture was stirred at 70 °C for 24 h, and after the work-up, flash column chromatography (silica gel, hexane/EtOAc 7/3) afforded 2j (29.8 mg, 49%) as a solid, whose data are coincidental with those reported: mp (CH 2 Cl 2 ): 141–143 °C [lit . mp (EtOH:H 2 O) 146–148 °C]; IR (ATR) 1710 cm –1 (CO); 1 H NMR (CDCl 3 , 300 MHz): δ 1.21 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 3H, CH 3 ), 2.94 (q, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H, CH 2 ), 3.84 (s, 3H, OCH 3 ), 3.87 (s, 3H, OCH 3 ), 6.00 (s, 1H, H 3 ), 6.30 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1H, H 6 ), 6.45 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1H, H 8 ); 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (CDCl 3 , 75.5 MHz): δ 13.5 (CH 3 ), 29.4 (CH 2 ), 55.7 (OCH 3 ), 55.8 (OCH 3 ), 93.6 (C 8 ), 95.6 (C 6 ), 104.3 (C 4a ), 109.7 (C 3 ), 157.2 (C 8a ), 158.8 (C 4 ), 159.9, 162.6 (C 5 , C 7 ), 161.4 (CO); MS (EI) m/z (rel intensity) 235 (M + + 1, 15), 234 (M + , 100), 207 (12), 206 (86), 205 (16), 191 (52), 161 (12), 103 (11); HRMS (CI) Calcd.…”