NEW APPROACHES TO STEREOCONTROLLED AND REGIOCONTROLLED TRANSFORMATIONOF LINEAR ISOPRENOIDS

New approaches suggested by the authors to the selective transformatio n of isoprene, 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol, 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one and the series of monoisoprenoids into functionalized derivatives, which were used as the synthetic building blocks for the formation of naturally o ccurring terpenes, are reviewed.