“…Purification of the residue by flash chromatography on silica gel (pentane/Et 2 O 100:0 → 50:50) furnished the vinyl iodide 51 (899 mg, 94 %) as a yellow oil. The physical and spectral properties of compound 51 were in accordance with those described in the literature 45 . R f ≈0.25 (PE/EtOAc 85:15); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ =6.19 (tq, 1 H, J =7.5, 1.5 Hz), 3.65 (t, 2 H, J =6.4 Hz), 2.41 (br q, 3 H, J =1.3 Hz), 2.31 (q app , 2 H, J =6.6 Hz), 1.90 (br s, 1 H, OH); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ =137.1 (d), 96.2 (s), 61.4 (t), 34.0 (t), 27.8 (q); HRMS (CI + , CH 4 ): m / z : calcd for C 5 H 9 OI: 211.9698; found: 211.9695 [ M +H] + .…”