EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF 3E,13Z-OCTADECADIENOL, ITS ACETATE, 4E,6E,11Z-HECADECATRIENAL, AND 4E,6E,11Z-HEXADECATRIENYL ACETATE, SEX PHEROMONES OF SOME LEPIDOPTERAN SPECIES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00961037

The title linear acetogenins have been synthesized by a strategy of joining acetylcyclopropane to 8Z-tridecenol or 5Z-decenol prepared after Julia, leading to the corresponding secondary cyclopropylcarbinols.The ZnBr2/Me3SiBr-initiated homoallylic rearrangement of the latter assures at a key step the stereospecific construction of transoid fragments of the target molecules.