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7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33–7.26 (m, 2H), 7.20–7.16 (m, 1H), 7.05–6.99 (m, 2H), 6.93–6.87 (m,
2H), 3.88 (s, 3H, OCH3), 3.85 (s, 3H, OCH3); 13C NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) d:
154.29, 153.64, 153.06, 152.17, 136.19, 128.54, 124.74, 120.02, 119.58, 116.26,
114.76, 112.69, 110.61, 56.12, 55.80, Anal. calcd. for C15H15NO3 (257.28): C,
70.02; H, 5.88; N, 5.44%. Found: C, 69.65; H, 5.37; N, 5.45%.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Sneha and K. V. are thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research, New Delhi, India, for the awards of junior and senior research fellowships.
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