“…Recovered starting material If was obtained as an oil. The product 7 (R1 = Meg(Me2CHCMeg)SiO(CH2)g) was also obtained as an oil; Rf 0.6 (20% ethyl acetate in hexane); [opD -17°(c 0.90, CHClg); NMR 6.88 (dd, J = 15.8 and 5.42 Hz, 1H), 5.92 (dd, J = 15.8 and 1.42 Hz, 1 H), 5.54 (m, 1 H), 3.73 (s, 3 H), 3.63 (m, 2 ), 2.08 (s, 3 ), 1.84 (m, 2 ), 0.89 (m, 1 ), 0.86 (d, J = 6.86 Hz, 6 ), 0.82 (s, 6 ), 0.06 (s, 6 H); 13C NMR 170.0 (C), 166.5 (C), 146.0 (CH/CHg), 120.9 (CH/CHg), 70.0 (CH/CHg), 58.3 (CHg), 51.8 (CH/CHg), 38.8 (CHg), 34.2 (CH/CHg), 25.1 (C), 21.0 (CH/CHg), 20.3 (CH/CHg), 18.5 (CH/CHg), -3.4 (CH/CHg), -3.5 (CH/CHg); IR (neat) 1745 (st), 1735 (st), 1665 (md) cm"1; MS (El, 30 eV) m/e (rel intensity) 309 (1), 307 (1), 271 (2), 117 (100); HRMS matched for [M -SiMe3]+ caled for C14Hgg06 271.15453, found 271.15492. Methyl 4-Acetoxy-5-methylhex-2-enoate (7, R1 = i-Pr).…”