“…Hz, CH 3 ), 0.89 (t, 3H, 3 J¼7.5 Hz, CH 3 ), 2.09 (q, 2H, 3 J¼7.5 Hz, CH 2 ), 2.54 (q, 2H, 3 J¼7 4. Hz, CH 2 ), 5.29 (s, 2H, OCH 2 ), 6.72 (s, 1H, H Ar ),6.99-7.31 (m, 10H, 2Ph), 10.93 (s, 1H, OH);13 C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d¼14.5, 16.0 (CH 3 ), 25.6, 27.5 (CH 2 ), 67.6 (OCH 2 ), 109.9 (C Ar ), 114.7 (CH Ar ), 126.7 (CH Ph ), 128.1 (2CH Ph ), 128.6 (2CH Ph ), 128.7 (CH Ph ), 128.8 (2CH Ph ), 130.1 (2CH Ph ), 134.3,134.9,140.1,144.9,150.2,161.7 (C Ar ),171.4 (C]O); IR (KBr, cm À1 ):ñ ¼ 3027ðwÞ; 2965, 2878 (m), 1705 (w), 1644 (s), 1594, 1494, 1439, 1378 (m), 1311 (s),1254 (m),1212 (s),1174,1087,1035, 959, 880, 807 (m), 748, 705 (s), 654, 573 (m); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%)¼361 (10), 360 (M þ , 46)Starting with 1,3-bis(silyl enol ether) 5a (600 mg, 2.30 mmol), 3-p-tolyl-4-(trimethylsilyloxy)pent-3-en-2-one 4c (603 mg, 2.30 mmol), and TiCl 4 (0.25 mL, 2.30 mmol), 6n was obtained as white solid (335 mg, 54%), mp¼112-114 C. 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d¼1.98 (s, 3H, CH 3 ), 2.21 (s, 3H, CH 3 ), 2.42 (s, 3H, CH 3 ), 3.96 (s, 3H, OCH 3 ), 6.79 (s, 1H, H Ar ), 6.97 (br d, 2H, 3 J¼8.1 Hz, H Ar ), 7.21 (br d, 2H, 3 J¼8.1 Hz, H Ar ), 11.01 (s, 1H, OH); 13 C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d¼20.8, 21.2, 21.9 (CH 3 ), 52.0 (OCH 3 ),110.7 (C Ar ),116.1 (CH Ar ),129.2 (2CH Ar ),129.5 (2CH Ar ),135.1, 136.2, 137.7, 138.6, 144.2, 160.9 (C Ar ), 172.2 (C]O); IR (KBr, cm À1 )…”