“…106.5–108.5 °C (lit. 8a m.p. 101–102 °C); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ =7.80–7.75 (m, 4 H), 7.36–7.32 (m, 4 H), 4.87–4.82 (m, 2 H), 4.59 (t, J =4.8 Hz, 1 H), 4.48 (d, J =4.5 Hz, 1 H), 3.92 (d, J =11.3 Hz, 1 H), 3.88–3.82 (m, 2 H), 3.66 (dd, J =9.8, 6.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.45 ppm (s, 6 H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ =145.3, 145.2, 132.9, 129.8, 127.7, 85.5, 83.2, 80.2, 78.2, 73.1, 69.7, 21.5 ppm; IR (neat): $\tilde \nu $ =1596, 1366, 1176, 1087, 1049, 967 cm −1 .…”