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Synthesis of the enantiomers of 13‐methylheptacosane, the sex pheromone of pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola
Author(s) -
Yuan Gucheng,
Yang Yuxiong,
Liu Jiawei,
Bian Qinghua,
Wang Min,
Zhong Jiangchun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chirality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1520-636X
pISSN - 0899-0042
DOI - 10.1002/chir.23307
Subject(s) - chemistry , wittig reaction , enantioselective synthesis , pear , sex pheromone , enantiomer , aldehyde , stereochemistry , pheromone , organic chemistry , botany , catalysis , biology
An efficient and gram‐scale enantioselective synthesis of ( R )‐ and ( S )‐13‐methylheptacosane, the sex pheromone of pear psylla, has been developed. The key steps of the approach included Evans' chiral auxiliaries and Wittig coupling of chiral phosphonium salt with aldehyde.