A Stereospecific Swihesis of 6-sanialene

Abstract

We describe here a simple three step synthesis of B-santalene (1), one of the main hydrocarbons in East Indian Sandalwood oil,³ using the readily available camphene sultone (2) as a starting material. This synthesis, outlined in Figure 1, features the novel use of a sultone as a carbon activating group and involves a new desulfurization procechrre.