“…The crude product was purified by column chromatography (CH 2 Cl 2 /Et 2 O 1:1 + 0.5% NEt 3 ) and afforded the amine 8a as an orange solid (960 mg, 2.4 mmol, 12%, dr 89:11) .54-7.50 (m, 2H), 7.38-7.33 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.22 (m, 1H), 4.36-4.34 (m, 1H), 4.24-4.23 (m, 1H), 4.10-4.08 (m, 1H), 3.91 (s, 1H), 3.57 (s, 1H), 2.02 (s, 6H); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 ): d 144. 9, 128.7, 128.6, 127.7, 89.9, 81.5, 71.6, 71.3, 69.7, 69.1, 67.2, 66.0, 44.9; MS (EI, 70 eV) m=z (%): 399 (M þ +1, 14), 397 (M þ )1, 16), 356 (13), 355 (54), 354 (12), 353 (62), 309 (14), 275 (21), 274 (22), 273 (100), 217 (29), 216 (14), 215 (41), 203 (11), 202 (33), 154 (46), 153 (73), 134 (75), 121 (29), 56 (19), 43 (41); CHN calcd for C 19 H 20 BrFeN: C,57.32;H,5.06;N,3.52;Br,20.07. Observed: C,57.59;H,5.14;N,3.44;Br,19.44.…”