83379-15-1Relevant articles and documents
Terpenes and Terpenoid Cmpounds, 14. - Synthesis of Oxygenated Derivatives in the Tetramethyllimonene Series. - New Odorants of the Wood-Ambergris Type
Hoffmann, H. M. R.,Pauluth, Detlef
, p. 396 - 402 (2007/10/02)
A practical preparation of TM-α-terpineol (4), cis-TM-β-terpineol (6c), trans-TM-β-terpineol (6t), TM-Δ1,7,Δ8-menthadiene (7), its spirocyclic epoxide (5), and TM-isocryptone (8) is described (TM = tetramethyl).Some of the new tetram
Homologues of Monocyclic Monoterpenes. Tetramethylated Derivatives of Carvone, Carveol, β-Terpineol, Sobrerol, and Related Compounds
Giguere, Raymond J.,Ilsemann, Godard von,Hoffmann, H. M. R.
, p. 4948 - 4954 (2007/10/02)
Epoxidation of tetramethyllimonene (1) gave monoepoxide 2t, which was opened regioselectively to endo and exo tetramethylated trans-carveols 3t and 5t, respectively.The alcohols were further oxidized to tetramethylcarvone (4) and its unstable exocyclic is