Helvetica chimica acta

A Novel Pentannulation Sequence. Facile Access to Key Intermediates for the Synthesis of Exaltone® and Muscone

C Fehr

Index: Fehr, Charles Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1983 , vol. 66, # 8 p. 2519 - 2524

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Abstract

Abstract Treatment of the sulfonyl ketones 1a and 1b with potassium t-butoxide in toluene or with potassium hydroxide in toluene/dimethyl sulfoxide affords in high yield the bicyclic dienes 3a and 3b, important precursors for Exaltone® and (±)-muscone. An application of ...