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Podocarpic acid (15) has been converted into the ambergris odorant ?-bicyclohomofarnesal (1) and two analogues (2) and (3). The stereochemistry of the intermediate keto ester (24) has been confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray determination.
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Cambie et al. (1989) studied this question.
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