Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of Sulcatol and Matsutake Alcohol from (R)-Epichlorohydrin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.2017

Enantiodivergent synthesis of both enantiomers of sulcatol, an aggregation pheromone of Gnathotrichus sulcatus, and matsutake alcohol, a flavor compound of the mushroom Tricholoma matsutake, has been established using (R)-epichlorohydrin as common chiral precursor.