Synthesis of (R,Z)-7,15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer (Heptophylla picea)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1271/bbb.61.1696

(R,Z)-7,15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the sex pheromone of the yellowish elongate chafer (Heptophylla picea), was synthesized from L-malic acid in 15 steps. The synthetic pheromone was identical with the natural product in its MS, IR, GLC retention time, and b

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Synthesis of (R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the
Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer
(Heptophylla picea)
Shigefumi Kuwaharaa, Shiharu Hamadea, Yukari Yoshinagaa, Walter Soares Lealab
Osamu Kodamaa
&
a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami-
machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300–03, Japan
b Laboratory of Chemical Prospecting, National Institute of Sericultural and
Entomological Science, 1–2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba-shi 305, Japan
Published online: 12 Jun 2014.
To cite this article: Shigefumi Kuwahara, Shiharu Hamade, Yukari Yoshinaga, Walter Soares Leal & Osamu Kodama (1997)
Synthesis of (R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer (Heptophylla picea),
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 61:10, 1696-1698, DOI: 10.1271/bbb.61.1696
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