Abstract: | New or improved routes are used to prepare all the nineteen methylbenzyl chrysanthemates, including 2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl (+) and (?)-trans-chrysanthemates, 2,3,4,6-tetramethyl-and 2,3,4,5,6-pentamethyl-benzyl chrysanthemates, and the chrysanthemates of the new alcohols, 2,3,5-and 3,4,5-trimethylbenzyl alcohols. |