Affiliation:
1. National Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Institute of Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR. China
2. Department of Chemistry, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P.R. China
Abstract
The synthesis of (3 S, 6 S)-(+)-3,7-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-3-acetoxyocta-1,7-diene and (3 S, 6 S)-(-)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,7-diene-3,6-diol via the rearrangement of the chiral 2,3-epoxy alcohol, with the system Ph3P, pyridine, I2 and H2O, is described.