and used as received. Melting points were taken on a Stuart Scientific
200 SIMP3 apparatus and are uncorrected. Silica gel plates (Merck
F254) and silica gel 60 (Merck, 230–400 mesh) were
used for TLC and flash chromatographies (FC), respectively; petroleum
ether (PE) employed for crystallization and chromatographic workup
refers to the fraction of bp 30–50 and 40–70 °C,
respectively. IR spectra were recorded with a Shimadzu FT-IR 84 00S
spectrophotometer. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were
recorded with Varian Mercuryplus 400 and Varian Inova instruments,
operating at 400 and 100 MHz, respectively. Elemental analyses were
performed with Thermoscientific FlashSmart elemental analyzer CHNS/O.