“…Removal of the solvent at reduced pressure afforded a pale brown oil which was purified by flash chromatography with hexane-ethyl acetate (2 : 1) as eluent to give the title compound 17 (122 mg, 77%) as a colourless oil (Found: C, 60.6; H, 8.6. C 8 H 14 O 3 requires C, 60.7; H, 8.9%); [α] D Ϫ17.6 (c 1.7, CH 2 Cl 2 ); ν max (film)/cm Ϫ1 3640-3077 (br s, OH), 2973, 2937, 2882s (CH) and 1763s (C᎐ ᎐ O); δ H (200 MHz; CDCl 3 ) 0.94 (3H, t, J 7.5, CH 2 CH 3 ), 1.29 (3H, d, J 7.0, 3-Me), 1.69 (2H, q, J 7.5, CH 2 CH 3 ), 1.95 (1H, dd, J 4A,4B 12.9, J 4A,3 9.9, 4-H A ), 2.19 (1H, dd, J 4A,4B 12.9, J 4B,3 9.9, 4-H B ), 2.69-2.91 (1H, m, 3-H), 3.45 (1H, dd, J 1ЈA,1ЈB 12…”