“…Evaporation under reduced pressure and further purification by preparative thin layer chromatography (2:1 hexanes:EtOAc) afforded 13 as a colorless oil (55% yield, average of two experiments). 13: R f 0.48 (3:1 hexanes:EtOAc); 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 8.19 (ddd, J = 4.9, 2.0, 0.8, 1H), 7.49 (ddd, J = 9.0, 7.2, 2.0, 1H), 6.65 (ddd, J = 7.2, 4.9, 0.8, 1H), 6.62 (d, J = 8.7, 1H), 3.82 (t, J = 5.0, 4H), 3.49 (t, J = 5.0, 4H); 13…”