“…Several bases including Na 2 CO 3 , Cs 2 CO 3 , K 3 PO 4 , KOH, NaOAc, KOAc, KOEt, KOt-Bu, Et 3 N and piperidine (Table 3, entries 4-13) were examined and KOt-Bu was found to be the most suitable, giving product 13 a in 82% yield in isopropanol (Table 3, entry 11). A study of various solvents such as H 2 O, EtOH, t BuOH, DMF, DMSO and THF (Table 3, entry [14][15][16][17][18][19][20] showed that solvents such as t BuOH were more efficient and produced the maximum amount of product 13 a in 90% yield (Table 3, entry 17).…”