“…and iodine (0.50 g, 1.94 mmol, 3.0 equiv.). The crude residue was chromatographed (6 : 1 hexane-ethyl acetate) to give the dihydropyrrole 23d (0.20 g, 71%) as a brown oil, ν max /cm Ϫ1 [film] 3500 (w), 2925 (s), 1745 (s), 1598 (w), 1454 (m), 1356 (s), 1215 (m) 1187 (s) and 1090 (m); δ H 1.04-1.09 (3H, m, 5b-CH 3 ), 2.38 (3H, s, Ar-CH 3 ), 2.43-2.63 (4H, m, 1Ј-CH 2 and 3-CH 2 ), 3.73 (3H, s, OCH 3 ), 4.62 (1H, app s, 2-H), 7.30 (2H, d, J = 8.4, 2 × Ar-H) and 7.66 (2H, d, J = 8.4, 2 × Ar-H); δ C 11.7 (2Ј-CH 3 ), 21.7 (Ar-CH 3 ), 23.5 (1Ј-CH 2 ), 41.9 (3-CH 2 ), 52.9 (OCH 3 ), 62.1 (2-CH), 73.9 (4-C), 127.5 (2 × CH), 129.9 (2 × CH), 134.5, 144.5, 146.9 (all C) and 171.2 (C᎐ ᎐ O); m/z [EI] 435 (M ϩ , 2%), 155 (24), 127 (16), 91 (100), 89 (18), 77 (9)…”