Facile synthesis of (+/-)-2,6-dimethyloctan-1-ol formate, the biologically active analog of the smaller flour beetle aggregation pheromone, from 1-allyloxy- and 1-benzyloxy-2,6-dimethyl-2,7-octadienes, the telomers of isoprene with allyl and benzyl alcoho

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00714434

A careful investigation of the telomerization of isoprene with allyl, benzyl, 2-chloroethyl and methyl alcohols on ?-allylpalladium complex catalysts was carried out.The structures of the obtained telomers were determined by (1)H NMR specrtoscopy. 1-Alkox