A slurry of 4-trityloxy-2-cyclopentenone (1.03 g, 3.03 mmol, prepared in example 27) in toluene (8 mL) is cooled to -20° C. and treated sequentially with lithium aluminum hydride (76 mg, 2.0 mL), lithium iodide (1.06 g, 7.9 mmol) and dropwise with tert-butyl methyl ether (2 mL, over 5 minutes). The reaction is stirred for 1 hour at -20° C., warmed to 0° C. over 30 minutes, and stirred at 0° C. to 15° C. for 4 hours. The reaction is quenched by slow addition of 1N NaOH (2 mL) and then the reaction is filtered. The solids are washed with tert-butyl methyl ether and the phases of the filtrate are separated. The organic phase is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The residue is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to provide the title compound as a white foam (980 mg, 95%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.5 (m, 6 H), 7.3 (m, 9 H), 5.79 (d, 1 H), 5.14 (d, 1 H), 4.5 (m, 1 H), 4.4 (m, 1 H), 2.2 (m, 1 H), 1.42 (d, 1 H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 145.1, 136.2, 135.9, 129.0, 128.1, 127.3, 87.7, 77.4, 74.9, 43.2; IR (KBr) νmax 3422, 3057, 1491, 1364, 1084, 1065, 1024 cm-1. Example 28a
