A convenient synthesis of (±)-occidol
Abstract
A new approach to the sesquiterpene (±)-occidol [1-methyl-1-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5,8-dimethyl-2-naphthyl)ethanol](1) is described. This synthesis involves, as an intermediate, 1,4-dihydro-5,8-dimethylnaphthalene, which was prepared from the butadiene–p-benzoquinone adduct.