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  1. The stereocontrolled three-step synthesis of either enantiomer of α-thujone from commercially available 3-methyl-1-butyne is described. The enantioselectivity originates from a Brown crotylation which is then conferred to the all-carbon quaternary center via chirality transfer in a gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization. The route is highly atom economical and requires no protecting groups or redox manipulations. 
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