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Sesquiterpenes, 2-methyl-6-(4-tolyl)hept-1-ene (1), 6-(2-oxo-4-methylc
yclohex-3-en-l-yl)-1-heptanol(2) and yl-6-(2-oxo-4-methylcyclohex-3-en
-l-yl)-1-heptanal (3) have been synthesized utilising tandemphenylatio
n reduction and Birch reduction.