Abstract To find new aliphatic musks, we synthesized the propionates of 2-[1′-(3′′, 3′′- dimethylcyclohex-1′′-enyl) ethoxy]-2-methylpropanol (8), of 2-[1′-(5′′, 5′′- dimethylcyclohex-1′′-enyl) ethoxy]-2-methylpropanol (11), of hydroxyacetic acid 1-(3′, 3′-dimethylcyclohex-1′-enyl) ethyl ester (12), and of hydroxyacetic acid 1-(5′, 5′- dimethylcyclohex-1′-enyl) ethyl ester (13) starting from 1-(3′, 3′-dimethylcyclohex-1′ ...