A solution of 4,4-dimethyl-6-trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-1-one (Intermediate 11, 0.46 g, 1.43 mmol) in triethyl amine (3 mL) and anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (8 mL) was treated with copper(I)iodide (0.1 g, 0.53 mmol) and sparged with argon for 5 minutes. Trimethylsilyl acetylene (0.85 mL, 6 mmol) was then added followed by dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (0.25 g, 0.36 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was heated at 70° C. for 17 h. It was then cooled to ambient temperature, diluted with diethyl ether and filtered over a bed of celite. The filtrate was evaporated vacuo to an oil which was subjected to flash column chromatography over silica gel (230-400 mesh) using 5% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to afford the title compound (0.28 g, 72%).
