Water → (2E,6E)-2-[(3E)-4,8-Dimethylnona-3,7-dien-1-YL]-6-methylocta-2,6-diene-1,8-diol

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In 30 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was suspended 5.4 g of (E)-4-methyl-6-acetoxy-4-hexen-1-yltriphenylphosphonium iodide, and to this suspension was added dropwise two molar equivalents of a n-butyllithium-hexane solution at -20° C. in a stream of nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at -20° C. for 2 hours, and to this was further added 2.5 g of (E)-6,10-dimethyl-2-oxo-5,9-undecadien-1-ol acetate (prepared in Referential example 2) in 10 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran. The resulting mixture was again stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and, after addition of ice-water, extracted with ether, and from the extract was obtained in oil. The so obtained crude oil was dissolved in 25 ml of a 5% potassium hydroxide-ethanol solution under ice-cooling, and allowed to stand for 2 hours. This was, after addition of water, extracted with ether and treated in the usual way. The resultant was then chromatographed on silica gel to yield 0.95 g of the desired product.

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