Gf. Spencer, DIMETHYL-(4-METHYL-1-CYCLOHEXENYL)METHYL AND 2-(1-METHYLETHYLIDENE)-5-METHYLCYCLOHEXYL ETHERS FROM PULEGONE, Synthetic communications, 24(11), 1994, pp. 1603-1615
NaBH4 reduction of pulegone (1) in short chain alcohols followed by ac
idification of the reaction mixture gives dimethyl-(4-methyl-1-cyclohe
xenyl) ethers. Acid catalyzed transetherification of these ethers in l
onger chain alcohols yields mixtures of the title compounds.