43126-34-7Relevant articles and documents
148. The synthesis of damascenone and β-damascone and the possible mechanism of their formation from carotenoids
Isoe, Sachihiko,Katsumura, Shigeo,Sakan, Takeo
, p. 1514 - 1516 (1973)
A brief synthesis of damascenone (5) from the acetylenic diol 2 and also that of β-damascone (8) from β-ionol, resembling the biogenetic synthesis, are described. A possible mechanism for the formation of damascenone from neoxanthin is proposed.