Pheromone syntheses: A tropical approach. Enantioselective synthesis of the (2R,6S,10S) and (2S,6S,10S) isomers of methyl 2,6,10-trimethyldodecanoate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0968-0896(96)00015-6

The enantioselective syntheses of two stereoisomers, (2R,6S,10S) and (2S,6S,10S), of methyl 2,6,10-trimethyldodecanoate, out of eight possible isomers, are described, employing the stereoselective hydroboration of (-)-isopulegol (2) and (+)-neo-isopulegol