“…13 C NMR (75.5 MHz, C 6 D 6 ) (a mixture of diastereomers) : d 151.99, 142.00, 137.42, 136.92, 129.32, 125.86, 123.31, 121.44, 62.38, 56.52, 44.35, 44.01, 43.93, 43.37, 43.06, 42.71, 40.73, 40.52, 37.10, 32.48, 32.31, 31.07, 29.13, 28.82, 27.12, 27.00, 26.79, 26.66, 26.60, 21.91, 21.82, 19.94 3.6. Preparation of (1R,3R,6R,8R) 2,3,4,5,6,7,2,7,3:6, A solution of the 3°alcohol 3 (1.54 g, 4.42 mmol) in dry diethyl ether (90 mL) was treated with boron trifluoride diethyl etherate (1.09 mL, 8.84 mmol) at 0°C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 h at this temperature.…”