Terpenoids: Part LXXXIII. Synthesis of 2-Methyl-6-methylene-2, 7-octadien-1-ol

Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014 Manuscript received 23 April 1974; accepted 12 September 1974 2-Methyl-6-methylene-2,7-octadien-1-ol (I) has been prepared from 4-methylene-5-hexen-1-al (II) using the modified Wittig reaction of ethyl-α-diethyl phosphonopropionate followed by the LAH reduction of the resulting unsaturated ester in benzene