The U-shaped structures of the title compds. I (R = H, Me) were elucidated by the dimethoxyboration-oxidn. procedure to II (R = H, R1 = Me; R = Me, R1 = H, and R = R1 = Me). [on SciFinder (R)]
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Schlosser et al. (1978) studied this question.