tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → (trans)-3-(7-Phenyl-1,2-heptadiene-4,6-diynyl)oxiranemethanol

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To a stirred solution of 20 mg (0.090 mmole) of 10-phenyl-7,9-decadiyne-2,4,5-trien-1-ol in 4 ml of benzene was added 2 mg of vanadyl acetylacetonate and 50 μl (0.26 mmole) of a 5.43M solution of t-butyl hydroperoxide in benzene. The mixture was stirred for two hours. The mixture was concentrated and the residue was purified via flash chromatography to afford 7 mg of the title compound as an approximately 1:1 mixture of diastereomers.

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