Abstract: Chiral dienes of known absolute configurations and optical purities have been prepared from a, o-unsaturated aldehydes, which in turn have been synthesized from simple starting materials.(aR)-(+)-(4-Methylcyclohexylidene) propene (S),(aH)-(+)-(4-tert- butylcyclohexylidene) propene (lo),(E, 3R)-(-)-(3-methylcyclohexylidene) propene (23),(Z, 3R),-(-)-(3-methylcyclohexy1idene) propene (27),(Z, 2S)-(+)-(2-methylcyclohexylidene) ...
[Lippert, Alexander R.; Naganawa, Atsushi; Keleshian, Vasken L.; Bode, Jeffrey W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 44 p. 15790 - 15799]