Toluene → Muskone

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Reaction Steps

In 10 ml of dried toluene was dissolved 5 mmol of (E)-2-cyclopentadecenone, and the solution was added dropwise to the above solution, followed by allowing the reaction to proceed at a temperature from -78° C. to -60° C. for 15 hours. Thereafter, the same procedures as in Example 14 were followed to obtain muscone in a chemical yield of 89 mol %. The resulting muscone was R-form having an optical rotation of -12.0° (at 21° C., c 5.07, MeOH) and an optical purity of 100%ee.

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