Jb. Bhonsle et al., SYNTHESIS OF (+)-ZINGIBERENE, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 33(4), 1994, pp. 313-316
(+)-Zingiberene (2), an enantiomer of the naturally occurring (-)-zing
iberene (1), has been syntheised for the first time starting from 1-me
thanol in 9 steps via the crucial intermediate opyl-0(R)-methyl-1(S)-4
-oxobicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (3).