“…The resulting mixture was extracted with ether (3 x 10 ml) and the combined extracts were washed with water (20 ml) then dried and evaporated to give the alcohol (%a) (0.15 g, 84%), as a colourless oil, b.p. 120-1 30 "C at 0.1 mmHg; A , , , 278 nm; vmsx 3 500 and 1 700 cm-'; tjH 0.07 (3 H, s, CH,Si), 0.09 (3 H, s, CH,Si), 0.91 (9 H, s, SiCMe,), 1.30-1.59 (4 H, m), 1.64 (3 H, m, 2'-CH,), 1.95-2.07 (1 H, m), 2.14 (3 H, d, J 1.2, 4-CH,), 2.99-3.05 (1 H, br s, OH), 3.50 (2 H, dt, J 13 and 7, CH2CH20), 3.50-3.56 (2 H, my CH20), 3.79 (3 H, s, OCH,), 4.65 (1 H, br t, J 7, 3'-H), and 7.15 ( 1 H, q, J 1.2, 5-H) (primes refer to the cyclopentenyl unit) (major diastereoisomer); m/z 408 ( M ', 13%), 393 (20), 349 (44), 276 (9), 259 (ll), 245 (24), 227 (41), 199 (26), and 75 (100) (Found: C, 64.9; H, 8.9. C22H3605Si requires C, 64.7; H, 8.8%).…”