Insect pheromones and their analogs. LX. Stereocontrolled synthesis of sex pheromones of Drosophila mulleri and Mayetiola destructor

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF02236433

Syntheses are developed for 2S-tridecyl-and 2S-tridec-10E-enylacetates, sex pheromones of the fruit fly Drosophila mulleri and the Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor, respectively, that are based on ethyl-3S-hydroxybutanoate, a product from enzymatic reduction of ethyl acetoacetate by the soil yeast strain "80-1.".