“…The mass spectrum showed a molecular ion peak at m/e 362 with the base peak and at m¡e 270 (1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran). The 100-MHz nmr spectrum (CDCI3) exhibited signals at 1.38 (ddd, 1 H, He-6, J = 13.0, 10.0, and 4.0 Hz), 1.89 (ddd, 1 H, Ha-6, J = 13.0, 10.0, and 2.0 Hz), 2.54 (dd, 1 , H-5, J = 10.0 and 2.0 Hz), 3.02 (d, 1 , H-2, J = 2.0 Hz), 3.36 (dd, 1 H, H-l, J = 10.0 and 2.0 Hz), 3.94 (td, 1 , H-7, / = 10.0 and 4.0 Hz), 5.97 (d, 1 H, H-4, J = 2.4 Hz), 6.10 (d, 1 , H-3, J = 2.4 Hz) and 7.04 (m, 14 H, aromatic). The deshielding effect of the oxygen bridge was observed by the nmr for the methine protons (H-l and H-7).29 Catalytic hydrogenation of 17 yielded a dihydro derivative 18 after uptake of 1 equiv of hydrogen.…”