SYNTHESIS OF THE PROPIONATES OF (2R,8R)- AND (2S,8R)-8-METHYL-2-DECANOL, THE PHEROMONE OF THE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM, EMPLOYING CHIRAL COMPOUNDS OF MICROBIAL ORIGIN AS STARTING MATERIALS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)91175-5

The attractants of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte), the propionates of (2R,8R)- and (2S,8R)-8-methyl-2-decanol, were synthesized from (R)-(+)-citronellol and the enantiomers of ethyl β-hydroxybutyrate of microbial origin.