“…Column chromatography (SiO 2 100−200, eluted with 10% ethyl acetate) afforded the desired product as a pale-white crystalline solid (25 mg, 45% yield). mp 152−154 °C; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 8.32 (1H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.63 (1H, t, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.57 (1H, d, J = 6.8 Hz), 7.27 (1H, t, J = 6.8 Hz), 7.04 (1H, t, J = 5.9 Hz), 6.74 (1H, d, J = 9.4 Hz), 6.34 (2H, s), 5.53 (1H, d, J = 9.7 Hz), 5.25 (2H, d, J = 6.2 Hz), 3.97 (3H, s), 1.53 (6H, s) 13 C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 177.9, 162. (1) or des-Nmethylacronycine (4) (0.32 mmol, 1.0 equiv) was dissolved in anhydrous DMF (3 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere.…”