Formation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/muscone" class="extiw" title="w:muscone">muscone</a> from (R)-(+)-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/citronellal" class="extiw" title="w:citronellal">citronellal</a> via ring-closing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/olefin_metathesis" class="extiw" title="w:olefin metathesis">metathesis</a> using a bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)benzylideneruthenium dichloride catalyst. <br>Redrawn from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MusconeViaRCM.png" title="File:MusconeViaRCM.png">file:MusconeViaRCM.png</a>. Original reference: <cite style="font-style:normal">Kamat, V.P.; Hagiwara, H.; Katsumi, T.; Hoshi, T.; Suzuki, T.; Ando, M. (2000). "Ring Closing Metathesis Directed Synthesis of (R)-(-)-Muscone from (+)-Citronellal". <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tetrahedron_(journal)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetrahedron (journal) (page does not exist)">Tetrahedron</a></i> <b>56</b> (26): 4397–4403. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">DOI</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00333-1">10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00333-1</a>.</cite>.
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