10 ml of 2N hydrochloric acid - methanol was added to a solution of 1.1 g of allyl 4-[3-methoxy-4-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)cinnamoyl]-1-methyl-1-cyclohexanecarboxylate (Example 38) in 30 ml of methanol. The solution was stirred for 0.5 hours at room temperature. After reaction, 100 ml of an aqueous sodium chloride solution was added to the reaction solution. The solution was extracted three times with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic layer obtained was washed twice with an aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over magnesium sulfate. Thereafter, the solvent was removed in vacuo, yielding 0.85 g of allyl 4-(4-hydroxy3-methoxycinnamoyl)-1-methyl-1-cyclohexanecarboxylate (a compound of the present invention) as a pale yellow oil, which had the following physiochemical properties:
