A NEW APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE DISPARLURES - ATTRACTANTS OF Porthetria dispar

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00565169

A fairly simple and original one-stage method of obtaining optically active attractants of Porthetria dispar-(+)-and (-)-2-methyl-Z- and E-7,8-epoxyoctadecanes has been developed.The synthesis is based on the epoxidation of 2-methyloctadec-Z- and -E-7-enes by chiral peroxide complexes of molybdenum of the type of MoO5-L^* in an organic solvent at room temperature.Derivatives of tartaric, lactic, β-aminopropionic, and aspartic acids have been used as the chiral ligands (L^*).