Electrooxidative Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds. 2. Double Cleavage of α,β-Epoxyalkanones and Enantiospecific Syntheses of Chiral Methyl trans- and cis-Chrysanthemates from (+)- and (-)-Carvones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00160a002

The stereospecific synthesis of chiral methyl trans- and cis-chrysanthemates (1 and 26) from (+)- and (-)-carvones (7a,b) is described.Methyl (3R)- and (3S)-3-(1-chloro-1-methylethyl)-5-oxohexanoates (3) and methyl (3S)- and (3R)-3-(1-chloro-1-methylethyl