Ferreira J T, Zarbin P H
Laboratório de Síntese de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
Bioorg Med Chem. 1996 Mar;4(3):381-8. doi: 10.1016/0968-0896(96)00015-6.
The enantioselective syntheses of two stereoisomers, (2R,6S,10S) and (2S,6S,10S), of methyl 2,6,10-trimethyldodecanote, out of eight possible isomers, are described , employing the stereoselective hydroboration of (-)-isopulegol (2) and (+)-neo-isopulegol (2a) as the key reaction.