Stereoselective Favorskii rearrangement of carvone chlorohydrin; expedient synthesis of (+)-dihydronepetalactone and (+)-iridomyrmecin
Abstract
(+)-Dihydronepetalactone and (+)-iridomyrmecin were synthesized from the stereoselective Favorskii rearrangement product of (+)-carvone chlorohydrin.