“…The residual oil was subjected to preparative TLC (SiO 2 , hexane:ethyl acetate = 10:1, v/v) to afford pyrrole compound 24 in 52% yield (a pale-yellow oil, 65 mg). IR (neat) 2980, 2931, 1751, 1726, 1449, 1419, 1394, 1370, 1349, 1318, 1269,1213, 1194, 1159, 1094, 1064, 849, 775, 744, 705 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (300 MHz; CDCl 3 ) δ 1.35 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.58 (s, 9H), 4.23 (q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 6.16 ( dd,J = 1.7,3.3 Hz,1H),6.83 (dd, J = 1.5, 3.3 Hz, 1H), 7.31 (dd, J = 1.7, 2.8 Hz, 1H); EI-MS m/z 239 (M + ; 6.6%). Ethyl (4S)-N-Boc-4-t-butyldiphenylsiloxy-α α α α,β β β β-didehydroprolinate (25a): To a solution of Ph 3 P (787 mg, 3.00 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (15 mL) was added DEAD (323 mg, 3.04 mmol, 40% toluene solution) at 0 ° C under a N 2 atmosphere.…”