“…Flash chromatography, eluting with light petroleum-ether (3 : 1) gave the cyclised products 35-37, for yields see Table 1. The (E)-isomer of the title compound 35 had the following data: ν max /cm Ϫ1 1758, 1617, 1481, 1429, 1258, 1175, 1126, 1075, 730 and 700; δ H 2.23 (1 H, m, 5-H eq ), 2.41 (1 H, br dt, J 5, 13, 5-H ax ), 2.63 (1 H, dd, J 10, 14, 3-H ax ), 2.83 (1 H, br dd, J 4, 14, 3-H eq ), 3.38 (1 H, dt, J 3, 11, 6-H ax ), 3.82 (3 H,s,OCH 3 ), 4.06 (1 H,ddd,J 4,5,11,4.12 (1 H,dd,J 4,10,5.98 (1 H,s,m,ArH); m/z (CI) 507 (M ϩ ϩ 1, 10%) and 429 (100). The (Z)-isomer of the title compound 36 had the following data: ν max /cm Ϫ1 1759, 1714, 1617, 1481, 1430, 1369, 1260, 1205, 1177, 1134, 1075, 730 and 700; δ H 2.39 (2 H, br m, 5-H 2 ), 2.67 (2 H, br m, 3-H 2 ), 3.55 (1 H, dt, J 3, 11, 6-H ax ), 3.58 (1 H,s,OCH 3 ), 3.82 (1 H, dd, J 4, 10, 2-H), 4.26 (1 H, ddd, J 4, 5, 11, 6-H eq ), 5.98 (1 H,s,m,ArH); m/z (CI) 507 (M ϩ ϩ 1, 6%) and 429 (100).…”