“…'~13 cm-1 ; no hydroxy absorption, 1687 (conjugated ketone), 1642 and 920 (terminal vinyl), 1607, 1596 and 1515 (phenyl), UV A!~~H nm (e); 232 (16,600), 280 (3640), 285 (3240, shoulder). The NMR spectrum of I in deuteriochloroform exhibited two doublets at 0 0.98 (3H, J 7Hz) and 4.12 (lH, J-llHz) and a double quartet at 0 2.90 (1 H, J = 11, 7Hz), the typical AMX 3 -type signal of a CH~ yH-yH-(O)-unit; a pair of doublets at 13 2.63 and 3.29 (each IH, J 17Hz) and two sharp singlets at () 3.40 (3H) and 3.53 (3H) indicating the presence of an isolated methylene and two aliphatic methoxy groups; and two sharp singlets at () 3.85 (3H) and 3.87 (3H) and an overlapped signal at () 6.8 ~ 6.9 (3H) which appeared as a well-defined ABC-type signal (OA 6.57, (}B 6.76 and (}c 6.93; J AB -8Hz and J BC = 1. 5Hz) in d 6 -benzene showed the presence of a dimethoxyphenyl function.…”