“…The combined organic layers were washed with water (2 50 mL), dried over MgSO 4 , filtered over a pad of silica gel, and concentrated under vacuum affording the product mixture (Z)/(E)-3 as an oily yellow solid (484 mg, 75%). 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ) d 7.51-7.43 (m), 7.02 (d, J = 8.9 Hz), 6.95 (d, J = 8.9); 19 F NMR (283 MHz, CDCl 3 ) d -121.7 (s, (Z)-CF CF, 2F), -127.8 (s, (E)-CF CF, 2F); GC-EIMS (70 eV) m/z (% relative intensity) (Z)-3: 408, 406, 404 (M + , 10, 19, 11), 235, 233 (25,26), 207, 205 (19,19), 185, 183 (17,17), 157, 155 (86, 91), 76, (89), 75 (89), 74 (24), 50 (100); (E)-3: 408, 406, 404 (M + , 10, 18, 9), 235, 233 (25,23), 207, 205 (18,20), 185, 183 (17,16), 176, 175 (9,11), 157, 155 (82, 85), 76 (85), 75 (88), 50 (100).…”