“…There are several reports on the synthesis of enantiomerically pure (3R,7R)-( )-methyl jasmonate 1. The first synthesis by Quinkert et al 89 made use of bis(8-phenylmenthyl) malonate as a chiral starting point. This led to the cyclopropyl derivative 31, shown in Scheme 8, which was converted into the alkyne analogue 32 by alkylation and thermal rearrangement.…”