“…Off-white solid; 1.11 g, 70% yield; the eluent used was ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (55:45, v/v); mp = 180–182 °C (lit., 191–192 °C); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ = 8.13 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 1H), 7.82–7.79 (m, 2H), 7.70 (d, J = 9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.48–7.44 (m, 2H), 7.41–7. 37 (m, 1H), 7.31–7.24 (m, 3H), 6.87–6.83 (m, 2H), 6.78 (dd, J = 8.7, 1.2 Hz, 2H), 4.72 (s, 2H), 3.88 (br s, 1H); 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ = 147.6, 145.2, 144.7, 133.9, 129.4, 128.7, 128.3, 128.0, 124.9, 124.1, 118.4, 117.6, 116.4, 113.1, 112.5, 38.2; HRMS (ESI) calcd for C 20 H 18 N 3 + [M + H] + 300.1495, found 300.1498.…”