INSECT PHEROMONES AND THEIR ANALOGS. XVII. SYNTHESIS OF (Z)-HEXADEC-11-ENAL AND (Z)-HEXADEC-11-EN-1-YL ACETATE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00600843

(Z)-Hexadec-11-enal and (Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl acetate - components of the sex pheromone of insects of the genera Heliothis and Manestra, respectively - have been synthesized by the condensation of undec-10-enal with hex-1-yne, deoxygenation of the heptadec-1-en-12-yn-11-ol formed via the corresponding tosylate to heptadec-1-en-12-yne, and the selective oxonolysis of the latter.