“…The resulting precipitate was collected by suction filtration and recrystallized from 95% ethanol to yield the benzyl ester (10.54 g, 37.0 mmol, 82%) as white crystals, mp 73–75 °C (lit. mp 75–76 °C); 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 0.91 (3H, t, J = 7.2 Hz), 1.28–1.43 (4H, m), 2.18 (3H, s), 2.28 (3H, s), 2.35 (2H, t, J = 7.5 Hz), 5.29 (2H, s), 7.30–7.34 (1H, m), 7.35–7.39 (2H, m), 7.41–7.43 (2H, m), 8.56 (1H, s, br); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 ) δ 10.9, 11.8, 14.2, 22.7, 23.9, 33.3, 65.5, 116.5, 122.8, 128.2, 128.3, 128.7, 130.0, 136.9, 161.4. Anal.…”