A concise, efficient and flexible strategy for the synthesis of the pheromones of Oryzaephilus and Cryptolesters grain beetles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1993-25874

Six of the seven macrolide components of the pheromone systems of grain beetles of the genera Oryzaephilus and Cryptolestes are synthesised by new routes of greatly improved efficiency. Iterative methodology based on the Wittig olefination is employed for