“…4-Methylpent-4-enal 4 was isolated as a mixture with 3methylpent-3-enal by preparative GC and identified by 1 H-NMR and MS: 1 H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d = 1.62 (s, 3H, C-CH 3 ), 2.28-2.30 (m, 2H, C(O)H-CH 2 ), 2.54 (t, 2H, C-CH 2 ), 9.54 (dt, 1H, C(O)H); m/z 98 (M+, 3%), 83 (18), 79 (9), 77 (2), 70 (54), 69 (35), 67 (7), 55 (68), 53 (24), 41 (100), 39 (81). (16), 80 (5), 70 (14), 69 (33), 67 (7), 55 (40), 53 (20), 51 (10), 41 (100), 39 (52).…”