Studies on the identification and synthesis of insect pheromone: XVI. Synthesis of the optically active sex pheromone of gypsy moth and its three other optical isomers | Zendy

GuoQiang Lin | Zendy; BiChi Wu | Zendy; LinYu Liu | Zendy; XianQin Wang | Zendy; WeiShan Zhou | Zendy

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Studies on the identification and synthesis of insect pheromone: XVI. Synthesis of the optically active sex pheromone of gypsy moth and its three other optical isomers

Author(s) -

GuoQiang Lin,

BiChi Wu,

LinYu Liu,

XianQin Wang,

WeiShan Zhou

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

acta chimica sinica english edition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 1614-7065

pISSN - 0256-7660

DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.19840020113

Subject(s) - chemistry , pheromone , gypsy moth , sex pheromone , optically active , stereochemistry , yield (engineering) , insect , organic chemistry , botany , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , materials science , metallurgy

The sex pheromone of gypsy moth (+)‐(7 R , 8S)‐7,8‐epoxy‐2‐methyl‐octadecane (la) and its three other optical isomers lb—d were synthesized stereoselectively from (+)‐( R )‐glyceraldehyde acetonide (2), obtained from (+)‐mannitol, in 9—10 steps in an overall yield of 20—30%.

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