“…The combined organic layers were dried with MgSO 4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (hexanes/EtOAc 1:0→3:2) to afford sulfonamide 18 as a colorless solid (12.6 g, 85%): mp 63−65 °C; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.75 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.30 (d, J = 8 Hz, 2H), 4.95−4.88 (m, 1H), 2.94 (q, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.42 (s, 3H), 2.15−2.12 (m, 2H), 1.91 (t, J = 2.5 Hz, 1H), 1.61−1.55 (m, 2H), 1.51−1.47 (m, 2H) ppm; 13 C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 143.5, 137.1, 129.9, 127.2, 83.9, 69.0, 42.8, 28.6, 25.4, 21.7, 18.0 ppm; IR (thin film) 3294, 2944, 2870, 1598, 1426, 1322, 1154, 1092 cm −1 ; HRMS (ESI) m / z 274.0871 (274.0878 calcd for C 13 H 17 NO 2 SNa + [MNa] + ).…”