Molecular Structure of a Reductive Dimer of Pulegone

Abstract

The molecular structure of “bishydropulegone,” a reductive dimer of pulegone, was determined as (1R,3′aR,4R,6′R,7′aS)-7-′a-hydroxy-2′,2′,3′,3′,4,6′-hexamethylspiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-indan]-2-one by X-ray crystallographic analysis.