“…Yield = 85% (179 mg); Colorless gum; HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + H] + calcd for C 24 H 21 O 5 S 421.1110, found 421.1113; NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 8.95 (s, 1H), 7.94 (s, 1H), 7.86 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (dt, J = 2.0, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.29-7.18 (m, 5H), 6.91 (dd, J = 0.8, 8.0 Hz, 1H), FULL PAPER asc.wiley-vch.de6.70 (dt, J = 0.8, 8.0 Hz, 1H),6.54 (dd, J = 0.8, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 5.47 (br s, 1H), 4.03 (s, 3H), 3.91 (s, 3H); 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 153.7, 151.3, 142.5, 139.8, 135.3, 132.7, 132.2, 131.7, 130.8, 130.7, 130.1, 129.7, 128.4 (2x), 128.2, 127.6 (2x), 126.5, 125.9, 120.3, 117.6, 116.5, 61.1, 56.6.2-(3-Methanesulfonyl-7,8-dimethoxynaphthalen-2-yl)phenol (7 c). Yield = 80% (143 mg); Colorless gum; HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + H] + calcd for C 19 H 19 O 5 S 359.0953, found 359.0957; NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 8.71 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.82 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (dt, J = 2.0, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.27 (dd, J = 2.0, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.10 (dd, J = 0.8, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.07 (dt, J = 0.8, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 5.69 (br s, 1H), 4.05 (s, 3H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 2.82 (s, 3H); 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 153.7, 151.4, 142.6, 135.0, 131.9, 131.7, 130.9, 130.7, 130.6, 127.9, 127.1, 126.6, 126.0, 121.1, 118.8, 116.6, 61.3, 56.6, 43.0.…”