Functionalisation of saturated hydrocarbons. Part XI. Oxidation of cedrol, β‐ and γ‐eudesmol, sclareol, manoyl oxide, 1,9‐dideoxyforskolin, methyl trans‐dihydroiasmonate, and tetrahydrolinalool by the ‘Gif system’

The oxidation of cedrol (1), β‐ and γ‐eudesmol (6 and 7, resp.), sclareol (14) manoyl oxide (15), 1,9‐dideoxyforskolin (22) (±)‐methyl trans‐dihydrojasmonate (28), and tetrahydrolinalool (32) nearly all of natural terpenoid origin, by the ‘Gif system’ has afforded a number of novel products (3, 11, and 12, 16/17, 18/19, 26, 29–31, and ketones corresponding to 34–35, res.). The structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic techniques including 2D‐NMR and, where appropriate, by comparison with authentic samples.