“…Evaporation of the solvent and subsequent distillation under reduced pressure gave a slightly yellow viscous oil. It was a mixture of the cis and trans isomers (1:9 by 13C NMR): yield 28.4 g (71%); bp 98-107 °C (0.4 mmHg); IR (neat) 3400 (t-o_H), 1740 (¡>c-o)> 1210 (i'c-o-c)i 1090 (pc-o-c) cm™1; 1H NMR (CDC13) cis isomer, 4.24 (q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2 H, Cíf2CH3), 4.05 (dd, J = 2.6 Hz, J = 10.6 Hz, 1 H, H-6), 3.97 (dd, J = 2.5 Hz, J = 11.7 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 3.82-3.68 (m, 1 , H-5), 3.65 (dd, J = 2.2 Hz, J = 10.6 Hz, 1 , H-6), 2.50 (br, 1 H, OH), 2.15-1.75 (m, 4 , 2H-3 and 2H-4), 1.29 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H-3 CH2CH3); NMR trans isomer, 4.23 (q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2 H, CH2CH3), 4.12 (dd, J = 4.5 Hz, J = 11.0 Hz, 1 , H-6), 3.95 (dd, J = 2.4 Hz, J = 10.4 Hz, 1 , H-2), 3.85-3.70 (m, 1 , H-5), 3.21 (dd, J = 9.6 Hz, J = 11.0 Hz, 1 , H-6), 2.50 (br, 1 H, OH), 2.25-1.40 (m, 4 , 2H-3 and 2H-4), 1.29 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3 H, CH2CH3); 13C NMR (CDClg) cis isomer, 171.48 (C=0), 75.73 (C-2), 71.88 (C-6), 63.98 (C-5), 61.21 (CH2CH3), 29.43 (C-3), 23.62 (C-4), 14.18 (CH2CH3); 13C NMR trans isomer, 171.14 (0=0), 75.43 (C-2), 72.02 (C-6), 64.96 (C-5), 61.21 (CH2CH3), 31.67 (C-3), 27.24 (C-4), 14.18 (CH2CH3).…”