1. This compound readily undergoes thermal isomerisation (t0.5= 44 min., 30°C) to the aromatic phthalimide, but can be isolated by centrifugal layer chromatography (silica, 5% ethyl acetate, hexane).1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.42, s, 6H, CH3; 1.62, s, 6H,CH3; 2.91, s, 3H, NCH3)
2. These assignments are not firm, being assigned on the basis of chemical shift data alone