Seenivasaga N. Janaki and G. S. R. Subba Rao
An efficient strategy for the construction of the spiro[4.5]decane and eremane systems is described which involves an acid-catalysed rearrangement of an endo alcohol, followed by an oxidative cleavage resulting in the generation of a spiro-system, as the key step. This methodology is extended to the total synthesis of (±)-hinesol and (±)-10-epi-hinesol 2.