“…The residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, hexanes: ethyl acetate 2:1) to afford endione 44 (7.2 mg, 0.020 mmol, 24 %, 47 % based on recoverd starting material) as a white crystalline solid. R f 0.28 (silica gel, hexanes:ethyl acetate 2:1); IR (thin film): n Ä max (cm À1 ) 2960 w (CÀH), 1746 s (CO, lactone), 1716 s (CO, ketone), 1692 s (CO, enone), 1257 s, 1162 m, 1124 s, 1084 s, 1055 m, 922 s, 848 s; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d 6.87 (d, 3 J 1,2 10 Hz, 1 H, Pos 1), 6.01 (dd, 3 J 2,1 10 Hz, 4 J 2,4a 1 Hz, 1 H, Pos 2), 2.97 (dd, 2 J 4a,4b 16 Hz, 4 J 4a,2 1 Hz, 1 H, Pos 4a), 2.77 (d, 2 J 4b,4a 16 Hz, 1 H, Pos 4b), 2.48 (ddd, 2 J 9a,9b 18 Hz, 3 J 9a,8a 9.5 Hz, 3 J 9a,8b 6.5 Hz, 1 H, Pos 9a), 2.35 (ddd, 2 J 9b,9a 18 Hz, 3 J 9b,8b 9 Hz, 3 J 9b,8a 2 equiv) in THF (0.3 mL) at À 78 8C. The temperature was slowly raised to À 50 8C over 1 h. Then mCPBA (50 mg, 57 ± 86 % wt, % 0.15 mmol, % 5 equiv) was added in one batch and the temperature was raised within the next 1 h to 0 8C.…”