The synthesis of (±)-methyl epijasmonate (1) was carried out by Michael addition of lithium diallylcuprate to enone 3 and diastereoselective enolate protonation with the chelating proton source 2-(methyliminomethyl)phenol (4; 85% ds), followed by ozonolysis, oxidation, esterification, and Lindlar hydrogenation. During the ozonisation, epimerization to the thermodynamically more stable trans-isomer takes place to some extent, so that 1 was isolated with a cis:trans ratio of 72:28. The analogous transformation of enone 7 with lithium diallylcuprate and 2-(methyliminomethyl)phenol (4) furnished ketone 8 with 94% ds; this was then transformed into (±)-methyl dihydroepijasmonate (2) with a cis:trans ratio of 91:9. The olfactory properties of this product are superior to those available from commercial sources