K. Naemura, Tomoyuki Hasegawa*, H. Miyabe
1992
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The biogenetic-type cyclization of (+)-(3S)-2-(3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-pentenyl)-1-methyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclopentene, prepared from d-limonene, with formic acid gave stereo and regiospecifically the formates of the tricyclic compounds of the allo-cedrol skeleton, hydrolysis of which gave the unsaturated alcohols, (+)-(1S,5R,7R,8S)-2,6,6,7-tetramethyltricyclo[5.2.2.01,5]undec-2-en-8-ol (27) and (+)-(1S,5R,7R,8R-2,6,6,7-tetramethyltricyclo[5.2.2.01,5]undec-2-en-8-ol. Hydrogenation of 27 gave (+)-(1R,2S,5R,7R,8S)-2,6,6,7-tetramethyltricyclo[5.2.2.01,5]undecan-8-ol, (+)-2-epi-allo-cedrol.