“…Following the general procedure (method A), MOB 6a generated in situ from phenol 3 and allyl alcohol (1a) was reacted and the crude residue was subjected to column chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes ) 1:3) to give 10a (38% yield) as a colorless liquid: IR (film) 2975, 1749 cm -1 ; 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.20 (dd, J ) 8.2, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.97 (dd, J ) 8.2, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 4.13 (dd, J ) 8.0, 3.6 Hz, 1H), 3.80 (d, J ) 8.0 Hz, 1H), 3.51 (s, 3H), 3.31 (ddd, J ) 6.0, 4.6, 1. 8 Hz,1H),1H), 1.78 (dd, J ) 13.2, 10.0 Hz, 1H), 1.63 (d, J ) 13.2 Hz, 1H), 1.30 (s, 3H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz,CDCl3) δ 202.6,136.4,129.2,100.7,74.1,51.4,47.2,42.8,38.9,37.3,16.8; MS (EI, 12 eV) m/z (relative intensity) 166 (M + -CO, 60), 151 (8), 134 (5), 125 (100), 119 (4), 107 (26), 91 (18), 79 (9), 74 (3), 43 (3); HRMS (EI) calcd for C10H14O2 (M + -CO) 166.0994, found 166.0998.…”