prepared in an enantiomerically pure form by reduction of dl-ketone with respective (+)- and (−)-Darvon-LiAlH4 complex followed by purification with the aids of esterification with d- and l-menthoxyacetyl chlorides and (−)-camphanic acid chloride, respectively. Absoluteconfiguration of naturally occurring (+)-mayol and (+)-cembrenene was determined by correlation with enantiomerically pure compounds