“…Alkene 21 was formed in 4 d in 94% based on1 H NMR spectroscopic analysis of the area of a peak of the standard (δ 6.71) and the area of one of the alkene CH 2 peaks (δ 4.82). The spectral data are consistent with the data reported above for alkene 21 2. 6 ) δ 7.54-7.52 (m, 2H), 7.34-7.32 (m, 2H), 7.22-7.18 (m, 4H), 7.13-7.10 (m, 1H), 7.05-7.02 (m, 1H), 5.21 (t, J = 3.6, 1H), 4.89 (d, J = 9.9, 1H), 2.56-2.46 (m, 2H), 2.35 (dd, J = 18.4, 8.6, 1H), 2.30-2.27 (m, 1H), 2.10 (m, 1H), 2.02 (dd, J = 9.7, 4.7, 1H), 1.96-1.91 (m, 1H), 1.88-1.81 (m, 1H), 1.59-1.51 (m, 1H), 1.31-1.27 (m, 1H), 1.21-1.19 (m, 1H), 1.14 (s, 9H), 1.02 (m, 1H and s, 9H), 0.70 (dd, J = 14.2, 12.5, 1H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, C 6 D 6 ) δ 178.4 (C), 174.6 (C), 145.4 (C), 144.9 (C), 133.5 (C), 129.4 (CH), 128.9 (CH), 128.5 (CH), 128.2 (CH), 127.2 (CH), 127.0 (CH), 124.8 (CH), 81.4 (CH), 50.4 (CH), 47.6 (CH), 47.0 (CH), 36.1 (CH 2 ), 29.2 (CH 3 ), 28.3 (CH 3 ), 25.5 (CH 2 ), 25.3 (CH 2 ), 21.8 (C), 21.6 (C), 18.0 (CH 2 ), 17.8 (CH 2 ); IR (ATR) 1772, 1700, 1598, 1095, 824 cm -1 ; HRMS (ESI) m / z calcd for C 35 H 43 NNaO 3 Si (M + Na) + 552.2904, found 552.2901.…”