“…The crude material was purified by a column chromatography (silica gel 60 F 254 , 95/5 = hexane/EtOAc) to give the corresponding Knoevenagel product 3 or 9 (followed by recrystallization, if necessary). 6, 125.4, 128.8, 129.3, 130.6, 132.7, 142.8, 164.4, 167 52.4, 111.4, 118.8, 119.7, 131.7, 143.4, 151.8, 165.3, 168 for 8 h, with the exception that recrystallization from hexane was performed after column 6,52.7,125.1,127.0,127.5,128.0,128.9,130.0,131.5,139.8,142.4,143.4,164.5,167.2;IR (neat) 7, 125.9, 129.1, 130.5, 131.2, 136.7, 141.4, 164.2, 166.8 7,52.8,126.9,127.3,129.1,130.1,130.5,134.5,134.8,141.1,164.0,166.5;IR (neat) 20.8,52.5,52.7,122.8,126.06,126.09,127.6,128.8,131.4,137.7,149.0,164.1,166.3,168.8;IR (neat) …”