1. CDCl 3 ) ? 5.90 (t, J = 8.2 Hz, 1H), 5.05 (q;J =
2. nitroethyl)cyclohex-1-ene 36a & 36b Obtained by reaction of nitroethane with cyclooctanone as a pale yellow liquid (50.0 mmol scale, 2.51 g, 25%), isolated by SiO 2 column chromatography (hexane:EtOAc, 95:5), R f (9:1, hexane:EtOAc) 0.4. Obtained as a mixture of endo double bond isomers along with the two corresponding exo isomers;NMR spectra of mixture not resolved; FT-IR ? max 1362 (m), 1384 (m), 1456 (m),2001