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crowave Irradiation (Biotage System Initiator): The reaction
was carried out in a special BIOTAGE flask, under argon at-
mosphere. To a solution of the diol (1 equiv.) in dried benzene
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3 4
(2 mL), was added Pd(PPh ) (0.1 equiv.) and followed by the
stannylated reagent (1.3 equiv.). The mixture was purged 20
min with argon and heated at 130 °C under microwave irradia-
tion. The reaction was followed by TLC. After the reaction
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time, the mixture was cooled, diluted with Et O (10 mL),
treated with active charcoal, filtrated over celite, and concen-
trated to dryness. The reaction mixture was purified by flash
chromatography (in the majority of the cases two chromatog-
raphy are necessary).
(1S,2R,3Z,4Z)-3-Benzylidene-4-[3-phenyl-1-(trimethylsilyl)prop-
2-ynylidene]cyclobutane-1,2-diol (25): This compound was pre-
pared according to the General Procedure on 0.295 mmol scale
and with a reaction time of 20 min. Purification by flash
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chromatography with elution with Et
2
O/heptanes (20:80) af-
= 0.36
2 3
(Et O/heptanes, 30:70). H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl ): δ = 7.81
forded the product (90 mg, 85%) as a yellow solid. R
f
1
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(d, J = 1.5 Hz, 1 H, ArH), 7.63 (d, J = 7.1 Hz, 2 H, ArH), 7.48
(d, J = 1.5 Hz, 1 H, ArH), 7.45 (d, J = 1.5 Hz, 1 H, ArH),
7.38–7.31 (m, 6 H, ArH, Ph–CH), 4.99 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 1 H,
HO–CH–CH–OH), 4.81 (t, J = 6 Hz, 1 H, HO–CH–CH–OH),
3.74 (br.s, 1 H, OH), 3.61 (br.s, 1 H, OH), 0.32 (s, 9 H,
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1
3
SiMe
135.8, 131.2, 129.7, 129.5, 128.6, 128.5, 128.3, 128.1, 124.2,
121.0, 103.4, 91.9, 72.4, 71.3, –1.0 (SiMe ) ppm. IR (FITR,
film): ν˜ = 3400 (br), 2118, 1646, 1485, 1249, 1047, 976, 844,
3 3
) ppm. C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl ): δ = 158.8, 142.8,
3
1
27, 6530–6531; g) P. A. Wender, T. M. Pedersen, M. J. C.
–
1
Scanio, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 15154–15155; h) M.-H.
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756 cm . HRMS (ESI, positive ion 180 eV): calcd. for
+
(C23
24 2
H O SiNa) : 383.1441; found 383.1502.
(7R,8S)-5-Phenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1(6),2-diene-
7,8-diol (24a): This compound was prepared by the general pro-
cedure on 0.295 mmol scale, with use of 0.383 mmol of stan-
nane and a reaction time of 30 min. Purification by flash
chromatography with elution with AcOEt/heptanes (20:80) af-
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forded the product (65 mg, 49%) as a white solid. R
f
= 0.36
): δ =
1
[
(Et
2
O/heptanes, 30:70). H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl
3
2
7.34–7.21 (m, 3 H, ArH), 7.17–7.12 (m, 2 H, ArH, Ph–CH),
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