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Pheromone synthesis, CXXIX. Synthesis of the (5 S ,9 S )‐isomers of 5,9‐Dimethylheptadecane and 5,9‐dimethyloctadecane, the major and the minor components of the sex pheromone of Leucoptera malifoliella costa
Author(s) -
Mori Kenji,
Wu Jiang
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
liebigs annalen der chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 0170-2041
DOI - 10.1002/jlac.199119910180
Subject(s) - chemistry , citronellal , pheromone , sex pheromone , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , botany , biology
The synthesis of (5 S ,9 S )‐5,9‐dimethylheptadecane ( 1 ) as well as that of (5 S ,9 S )‐5,9‐dimethyloctadecane ( 2 ) has been achieved by starting from methyl ( R )‐3‐hydroxy‐2‐methylpropanoate (3 a ) and ( S )‐citronellal ( 7 ).