Cyclisation of optically active dihydrom
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H.R. Ansari
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Article
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1973
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The isomeric (+) and (-)-dihydromyrcene cychse in organic acids through a stereospecific ring contraction process to give the esters of cw-(S)-(+)-l-(a-hydroxyethyl)-3,3-dimethylcyclohexane and o-(R)-(-)-l-(o-hydroxyethyl)-3,3-dimethylcyclohexane respectively. Small amounts of enantiomeric cis-and t