“…Evaporation gave 4.48 g of a clear liquid, which was further purified by recrystallization from hexane/acetone (95:5) to obtain 3.52 g of the acid derivative as white crystals (72.9%). The preparation of this acid derivative has been described in the literature , but no physical or spectroscopic data have been previously given for it. A detailed description of these data follows: mp 102−103 °C (from slow evaporation of a CHCl 3 /hexane solution); 1 H NMR (DMSO- d 6 ), δ13.29 (1H, br s, COOH), 7.91 (1H, br d J = 7.5 Hz, H-6 PhCF 3 ), 7.90 (1H, br s, H-2 PhCF 3 ), 7.73 (1H, br d, J = 7.5 Hz, H-4 PhCF 3 ), 7.63 (1H, br t, J = 7.5 Hz, H-5 PhCF 3 ), 7.47 (1H, br dd, J = 7, 2 Hz, H-6 Ph), 7.42 (1H, ddd, J = 7, 7, 1.5 Hz, H-5 Ph), 7.37 (1H, ddd, J = 7, 7, 2 Hz, H-4 Ph), 7.18 (1H, dd, J = 7, 1.5 Hz, H-3 Ph), 5.07 (2H, s, CH 2 O), 3.89 (3H, s, OCH 3 ), 2.20 (3H, s, CH 3 ); 13 C NMR (DMSO- d 6 ), δ 163.73 (CO), 153.59 (CN), 149.87 (C-2), 136.77 (C-1 PhCF 3 ), 135.39 (C-2 Ph), 130.76 (C-1 Ph), 129.89 (C-6 PhCF 3 ), 129.63 (C-5 PhCF 3 ), 129.21 (q, J = 32 Hz, C-3 PhCF 3 ), 128.76 (C-6 Ph), 128.55 and 128.52 (C-3 Ph and C-5 Ph), 127.61 (C-4 Ph), 125.70 (q, J = 3.5 Hz, C-4 PhCF 3 ), 123.98 (q, J = 272 Hz, CF 3 ), 122.12 (q, J = 3.5 Hz, C-2 PhCF 3 ), 74.38 (CH 2 O), 62.92 (CH 3 O), 12.22 (CH 3 ); IR (KBr), 3420, 3066, 2941, 2880, 1705, 1340, 1294, 1281, 1118, 1072, 1046, 1005, 728, 697 cm −1 ; MS (EI), m / z 363 (M + − OCH 3 , 0.5), 319 (1), 317 (7), 301 (4), 192 (3), 172 (3), 151 (2), 117 (11), 116 (100); HRMS, calcd for C 18 H 14 F 3 N 2 O 3 (M + − OCH 3 ) 363.09565, found 363.09614; UV (100 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.4), ϵ (280 nm) = 2.69 mM −1 cm −1 , ϵ (260 nm) = 10.20 mM −1 cm −1 .…”