A ring closing metathesis-based approach to (±)-herbertene, (±)-α-herbertenol, (±)-β-herbertenol and (±)-herbertenediol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-2002-19750

An efficient methodology for the synthesis of the aromatic sesquiterpenes (±)-herbertene, (±)-α-herbertenol, (±)-β-herbertenol (±)-herbertenediol and (±)-α-cuparenone, employing a combination of Claisen rearrangement and ring closing metathesis reactions,