- Short Note
3-Methyl-3-(6,6,6a-trimethyl-hexahydro-cyclopenta[b]furan-2-yl)-butan-2-one
- Juan M. Castro,
- Ramón Porras,
- Pablo J. Linares-Palomino,
- Sofía Salido,
- Joaquín Altarejos,
- Manuel Nogueras and
- Adolfo Sánchez
A 40% aqueous solution of sulfuric acid (0.5 mL) was added to a stirred solution of 3,3-dimethyl- 4-hydroxy-5-(2,2,3-trimethyl-3-cyclopentenyl)-pentan-2-one (1) (630 mg, 2.65 mmol) in methanol (5 mL) and the mixture refluxed for 1.5 h.[...]

