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Upstream product

• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 50550-74-8 4,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-en-2-one oxime 
• 38651-65-9 (1R,5S)-(+)-nopinone 

Downstream Products

• 412313-45-2 4-isopropyl-5-methyl-2-cyclohexenone 
• 74352-63-9 (3R,4R)-(+)-3-methyl-4-(2-bromo-2-propyl)cyclohexanone 
• 74365-86-9 (3R,4R)-(-)-3-methyl-4-isopropenylcyclohexanone 
• 187223-33-2 Acetic acid (4R,5R)-4-isopropenyl-5-methyl-cyclohex-1-enyl ester 
• 128261-70-1 (1R,3R,4S,5R)-4,6,6-trimethyl-3-(phenylthio)bicyclo<3.1.1>heptan-2-one 
• 80-57-9 (+/-)-2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-en-4-one 
• 105497-89-0 (4R,5R)-4-Isopropyl-5-methyl-cyclohex-2-enone 
• 105497-90-3 (4R,5R)-5-methyl-4-(2-propyl)cyclohex-2-enone 
• 77510-81-7 (1R-cis)-(+)-2,2-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclobutanemethanol acetate 
• 28465-10-3 (+)-(1R)-cis-2,2-dimethyl-3-isopropenylcyclobutanemethanol acetate 
• 473-55-2 trans-pinane 
• 1292847-75-6 (2S,4S,4aR,8R,8aR)-3,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-4,7-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2H-chromene-4,8-diol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Preparation of optically active apoverbenone and verbenone from nopinone by use of the sulfenylation-dehydrosulfenylation method. Stability and reactivity attributable to absolute configuration at the sulfur atom in sulfoxides

Apoverbenone (4) and verbenone (5) in optically active forms are potentially useful compounds as the chiral source in enantioselective synthesis. Starting with (+)-nopinone (1), readily available from (-)-β-pinene, (+)-apoverbenone (4a) and (+)-verbenone (5a) were prepared in synthetically satisfactory overall yields, using commonly the sulfenylation-dehydrosulfenylation method directed toward construction of an enone function. This methodology could be applicable to preparation of their enantiomers (-)-4b and (-)-5b on starting with (-)-nopinone. While configuration of the phenylsulfinyl group in sulfoxides 10a, b, and 18a, b were assigned by their NMR spectra and NOE correlations, absolute configurations at the sulfur atom were performed by comparison in 1H NMR spectra with their homologues whose absolute configurations are well-defined, that is, lOa with 13a, lOb with 13b, 18a with 19b, and 18b with 19a. As a result, it was proved that, in 3-(phenylsulfinyl)nopinones, thermodynamic stability of isomers is dependent on absolute configuration at the sulfur center; that is, the frans-isomer 10a possesses an Rs-phenylsulfinyl group and the a's-isomer 10b possesses an Ss-phenylsulfinyl group, and it was proved that, in (4R)-4methyl-3-(phenylsulfinyl)nopinones, both as-isomers 18a, b are stable, irrelevant with absolute configurations at the sulfur atom. In elimination of phenylsulfenic acid from sulfoxides 10 and 18, the use of purified sulfoxides was essential, because the competing Pummerer reaction proceeded to give 3-(phenylthio)verbenone (11) as a byproduct, when acidic contaminants were present. The sulfoxides 10a, b and 18a provided smoothly 4a and 5a, respectively, in a syn elimination manner, whereas 18b gave a mixture of decomposed products as a major part, probably because of instability of 18b to heat as well as because of its conformational requirement.

Optical Rotatory Dispersion Studies. 128. Octant Contributions of Methyl Groups in 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanones

A number of methyl-substituted 4-tert-butylcyclohexanones have been synthesized with high optical purity from naturally occuring chiral molecules of known absolute configuration.The circular dichroism spectra of these compounds were measured at both room temperature and 77 K in polar and nonpolar solvents, and empirical force field calculations were carried out to determine the energy difference between the chair and twist-boat conformations.Of particular interest was the discovery that the trans-3-methyl-4-tert-butylcyclohexanone (+)-4 exists mainly in the twist-boat form.In addition, the apparent antioctant behavior of the β-axial methyl group in compound (-)-5 at low temperature and in polar solvent is interpreted as arising form solvation of the molecule.