抄録
6-Protoilluden-8α-ol (15) was formolyzed and then reduced with LiAlH4 to give 7-protoilluden-6-ol (16) and its stereoisomer (17). 3-epi-6-Protoilluden-8a-ol (19) also gave the same products under the same conditions. These and other related reactions imply that the 7-protoilludene C-6 cation (10) is an important intermediate in the biosynthesis of illudane (11), marasmane (12) and illudalane (13) type sesquiterpenes.