Tomoyuki Ogawa, Cheng-Lin Fang, Hiroshi Suemune and Kiyoshi Sakai
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1438-1439
DOI:
10.1039/C39910001438,
Paper
(R)-(–)-Muscone was synthesized in a stereocontrolled manner via the diastereoselective conjugate addition to a cyclic α,β-unsaturated ester of (R,R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diol accompanied by spontaneous Dieckmann condensation.