J. Mulzer et al., SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE 1-T-BUTYL-4-ETHYLIDENECYCLOHEXANE VIA CO2-ELIMINATION FROM A SPIROFUSED BETA-LACTONE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(42), 1995, pp. 7643-7646
(R)-1-t-Butyl-4-ethylidene cyclohexane (R)-1) is prepared with >98% ee
from 4-t-butylcyclo-hexane carboxylic acid via the optically active b
eta-lactone 10.