Abstract

Abietic acid, the main component of pine rosin, was used as starting material for the hemisynthesis of the ambergris-type ketal. The key intermediate step consisted of the synthesis of an exocyclic olefin through appropriate handling of a very sensitive aldehyde generated as an intermediate precursor.

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