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Enantiomeric 3,7-Dimethylocta-1,7-dienes as Useful Chiral Building Blocks. A New Access to Both Optical Antipodes of Natural (E)-3,7-Dimethyloct-2-ene-1,8-diol and (E)-3,7-Dimethyloct-2-ene-1,8-dicarboxylic Acid

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Giersch; Karl H. Schulte-Elte


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1990
Tongue
German
Weight
371 KB
Volume
73
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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Abstract

Ozonolysis of the easily available monoterpenoids (−)‐1 and (+)‐1 leads in high yield to the ketoaldehydes (−)‐4 and (+)‐4, which serve as convenient intermediates for efficient new routes to both optical antipodes of the naturally occurring octenediol (E)‐2 (Monarch butterfly secretion product) and octene‐dicarboxylic acid (E)‐3 (Callosobruchus chinensis sex pheromone). All steps proceed with almost complete retention of configuration, ensuring the synthesis of the target compounds with high optical purity.