SYNTHESIS OF THE OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORMS OF 4,10-DIHYDROXY-1,7-DIOXASPIROUNDECANE AND THEIR CONVERSION TO THE ENANTIOMERS OF 1,7-DIOXASPIROUNDECANE, THE OLIVE FLY PHEROMONE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)96376-8

Both the enantiomers of 1,7-dioxaspiro<5.5>undecane, the major component of the pheromone of the olive fly (Dacus oleae), were synthesized from (S)-malic acid.