.omega.,.omega.-Diacyloxy-2,6-dimethyl-octatrienoates and -octatrienals, their preparation and their use for the synthesis of terpene compounds

Abstract

.omega.,.omega.-Diacyloxy-2,6-dimethyl-octatrienoates and -octatrienals, as novel bifunctional asymmetric C.sub.10 building blocks for terpene syntheses, which possess a formyl or alkoxycarbonyl group at one chain end and 2 geminal acyloxy groups at the other, and a process for their preparation from readily obtainable industrial C.sub.5 building blocks and their use for the synthesis of terpene compounds by carbonyl olefination under conventional conditions.

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