Pheromone synthesis, CLXXVII: Synthesis of the enantiomers of 2-methyl-4-heptanol and 2-methyl-4-octanol, the pheromone components of the West Indian sugarcane borer

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/jlac.199619961204

Both the enantiomers of 2-methyl-4-heptanol (1) and 2-methyl-4-octanol (2), the components of the male-produced aggregation pheromone of the West Indian sugarcane borer (Metamasius hemipterus), were synthesized by starting from the enantiomers of leucine. VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1996.