Identification and Synthesis of Sordidin, a Male Pheromone Emitted by Cosmopolites sordidus.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)02437-G

The diastereoselective synthesis of (1S^*,3R^*,5R^*,7S^*) 2,8-dioxa 1-ethyl 3,5,7-trimethyl bicyclo<3,2,1>octane 1d has been achieved using as key-step the regioselective Baeyer-Villiger reaction of 2,6-disubstitute