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Pheromone Synthesis, CLXXVII . Synthesis of the Enantiomers of 2‐Methyl‐4‐heptanol and 2‐Methyl‐4‐octanol, the Pheromone Components of the West Indian Sugarcane Borer
Author(s) -
Takenaka Motonobu,
Takikawa Hirosato,
Mori Kenji
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
liebigs annalen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 0947-3440
DOI - 10.1002/jlac.199619961204
Subject(s) - enantiomer , pheromone , chemistry , stereochemistry , sex pheromone , octanol , botany , organic chemistry , biology , partition coefficient
Both the enantiomers of 2‐methyl‐4‐heptanol ( 1 ) and 2‐methyl‐4‐octanol ( 2 ), the components of the male‐produced aggregation pheromone of the West Indian sugarcane borer ( Metamasius hemipterus ), were synthesized by starting from the enantiomers of leucine.