T. Doi et al., REGIOSPECIFICITY IN THE CYCLIZATION OF 6-(1-HYDROXYALKYL) GERANIOL DERIVATIVES - A SIMPLE ROUTE TO THE TAXOL A-RING SYSTEM, Tetrahedron letters, 35(10), 1994, pp. 1481-1484
Readily available derivatives of geraniol bearing a 1-hydroxyalkyl sid
e chain in the 6-position undergo acid-catalyzed regiospecific cycliza
tion to form cyclogeraniol derivatives which have an interesting relat
ion to ring A of taxol.