
%0 Journal Article
%A Cavill, GWK 
%A Whitfield, FB 
%T Ethyl 2-cyano-6-methyl-8,8-ethylenedioxyoct-2-enoate and its transformation products
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1964/11/01
%V 17
%N 11
%P 1245-1259
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9641245
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9641245 
%X Ethyl 2-cyano-6-methyl-8,8-ethylenedioxyoct-2-enoate (XIII) has been synthesized from D-(+)-citronellal. A novel conversion of compound (XIII) into the ethylene acetal of ethyl &#945;-(2-formyl-3-methylcyclopentyl)cyanoacetate, and additional cyclization reactions, are discussed. Incidental to these transformations, a synthesis of (+)-isoiridomyrmecin is described. 
