“…2) yielded 4a (900 mg, 72%) as a yellow solid: mp 74.5 °C; IR (CHCl3) 3250 (s.br), 1740 (s), 1680 (s), 1615 (m), 1520 (s), 1460 (m), 1280 (m), 1260 (s), 1200 (s), 1160 (s), 1125 (s) cm -1 ; 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3, TMS) δ 2.91 (dd, J ) 16.6, 3.0 Hz, 1H, 4-H R# ), 3.13 (ddd, J ) 17.6, 12.3, 5.3 Hz, 1H, 4-H β# ), 3.69 (s, 3H, OCH3), 3.69 (td, J ) 13.5, 3.3 Hz, 1H, 3-H β † ), 3.89 (s, 3H, OCH3), 4.08 (dd, J ) 14.3, 4.7 Hz, 1H, 3-H R † ), 6.21 (s, 1H, 1-H ‡ ), 6.52 (s, 1H, 5-H ‡ ), 6.66 (s, 1H, 8-H ‡ ), 7.03 (d, J ) 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (t, J ) 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (t, J ) 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.99 (d, J ) 8.3 Hz, 1H), 10.74 (s, 1H, NHCOCF3); 13 C NMR (75.5 MHz, CDCl3) δ 28.46 (C-4), 39.59 (C-3), 52.98 (C-1), 55.92 (OCH3), 56.12 (OCH3), 110.63 (2C, C-5, C-8), 116.08 (q, 1 JCF ) 288.0 Hz, CF3), 116.34 (q, 1 JCF ) 287.6 Hz, CF3), 124.68 (C-4 R# ), 124.79 (CH), 125.03 (C-8 R# ), 126.54 (CH), 129.52 (CH), 130.74 (CH), 132.02 (C), 133.90 (C), 148.62 (C-7 † ), 148.80 (C-6 † ), 156.43 (q, 2 JCF ) 37.8 Hz, COCF3), 157.36 (q, 2 JCF ) 36. 8 Hz,COCF3); EI-MS m/z (%) ) 476 (33) [M + ], 380 (15), 379 (73), 365 (20), 364 (100), 288 (10); HR-EI-MS calcd for C22H20F6N2O5 476.1171, found 476.1182. Anal.…”