The synthesis of (–)-7-epichrysanthenol and its conversion into (+)-(1R)-1-formyl-2,2,4-trimethylcyclohex-3-ene
Abstract
We report the synthesis of the alcohol (–)-7-epichrysanthenol (3a) by a two-step route from (+)-3,7-epoxypinan-2-ol, a by-product of permanganate oxidation of (–)-α-pinene; (3a), which can be oxidised to chrysanthenone, yields quantitatively, by a thermal rearrangement, the aldehyde (+)-(1R)-1-formyl-2,2,4-trimethylcyclohex-3-ene (5) in an optically active form.