Total synthesis of (±)-1,13-herbertenediol, (±)-α-herbertenol and (±)-β-herbertenol

Total synthesis of α-herbertenol, β-herbertenol and 1,13-herbertenediol, employing a Claisen rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis as key reactions for the generation of the cyclopentane containing vicinal quaternary carbons, has been described.