“…The organic solution was washed three times with 10 mL of 50% aqueous NaHC03, twice with 10 mL of water, and once with 10 mL of brine, dried over MgS04, filtered, and concentrated to 4.12 gofa yellow oil. The crude product was purified by chromatography on 150 g of silica (hexanes/ether, 3:2) to yield 3.04 g (76%) of the methyl esters: R¡ 0.78 (silica; hexanes/ether, 3:2); IR (film) 2960, 2870,1730,1455,1435,1385,1315,1265,1200,1115,980,840,800,735 cm™1; NMR (CDC13) 0.90 (t, J = 6 Hz, 3 ), 1.20-2.80 (m, 5 H), 3.64 (s, 3 ), 3.64-4.16 (m, 3 H); mass spectrum (80 eV), m/e 212. Epimeric 4,.…”