Abstract
A practical synthesis of (rac)-muscone in three steps is described, using commercially available 1,10-dibromodecane as the starting material. In the first step, an aldol reaction of 1,10-dibromodecane with ethyl acetoacetate affords the important intermediate 2,15-hexadecanedione in 70% yield. A cyclisation reaction in the second step aided by propyl zinc iodide gives dehydro-muscone in 84% yield. Hydrogenation of dehydro-muscone with Pd–-C completes the synthesis of (rac)-muscone. Furthermore, (R)-(–-)-muscone is enantioselectively prepared via the formation of a ketal intermediate from dehydro-muscone and 1,4-di-O-benzyl-D-threitol.
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