“…Reaction of ( E )-4-methyl- N -(4-phenylbut-3-en-1-yl)benzenesulfonamide 8a (25 mg, 0.08 mmol) and malonoyl peroxide 1 (16 mg, 0.12 mmol) in HFIP (0.2 mL) according to General Procedure 3 followed by hydrolysis in 1 M NaOH/THF (0.8 mL, 1:1) gave the crude alcohol (1:13 cis / trans ). Purification by silica gel flash column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc 4:6) gave title compound 9a (18 mg, 0.06 mmol, 71%) as a white solid: mp 148–149 °C (lit . 155–156 °C); IR (ATR)/cm –1 3474, 3065, 3034, 2929, 2892; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.75 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.34–7.33 (m, 4H), 7.31 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.28–7.26 (m, 1H), 4.66 (bs, 1H), 4.18 (bs, 1H), 3.73 (td, J = 9.4, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 3.53 (td, J = 9.9, 7.0 Hz, 1H), 2.43 (s, 3H), 2.07–2.00 (m, 1H), 1.77–1.73 (m, 1H), 1.37–1.38 (m, 1H); 13 C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 143.7, 139.9, 134.7, 129.7, 128.7, 128.9, 127.7, 126.3, 79.1, 72.0, 46.8, 31.5, 21.7; LRMS (ES + APCI) m / z 318.0 [M + H] + .…”