“…The spectroscopic data of 8-oxooctyl acetate (2a) matched those reported in the literature. 34 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ H 9.77 (s, 1H), 4.05 (t, J = 6.7 Hz, 2H), 2.43 (tt, J = 7.3, 1.6 Hz, 2H), 2.04 (d, J = 1.4 Hz, 3H), 1.63 (q, J = 6.8 Hz, 4H), 1.43−1.23 (m, 6H). 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (101 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ C 202.7, 171.3, 64.5, 43.9, 29.1, 29.0, 28.6, 25.8, 22.0, 21.0.…”