“…(408 mg, 59%) colourless crystals, mp 179 • C (ethanol); (Found: C, 72.9; H, 5.2; N, 8.2. C 21 H 18 N 2 O 3 requires C, 72.8; H, 5.2; N, 8.1%); m max (KBr disk)/cm −1 3027, 2923, 2962, 2883 (CH), 2200 (CN), 1767 (CO), 1611 (C=C); d H (500 MHz; CDCl 3 ; Me 4 Si) 2.10 (1H, dt, J 11.8, 13.5, 3-H ax ), 2.41 (1H, ddd, J 1.5, 6.3, 13.5, 3-H eq ), 3.58 (1H, dt J 8.8, 5.3, 4 B-H), 3.74 (1H, q, J 8.5, 4 A-H), 4.01 (1H, dd, J 11.8, 6.3, 4-H), 4.39 (1H, q, J 8.5, 5 B-H), 4.42 (1H, ddd, J 8.8, 8.5, 5.5, 5 A-H), 5.93 (1H, dd, J 11.5, 1.5, 2-H) and 7.33 (23), 278 (9), 261 (9), 113 (100), 105 (64) and 77 (35). q, J 12.5, 3-H ax ), 2.42 (1H, ddd, J 2.0, 6.5, 13.5, 3-H eq ), 3.60 (1H, dt J 8.3, 5.5, 4 B-H), 3.74 (1H, q, J 8.0, 4 A-H), 4.11 (1H, dd, J 11.5, 6.5, 4-H), 4.39 (1H, q, J 8.…”