SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORMS OF METHYL (E)-2,4,5-TETRADECATRIENOATE, THE PHEROMONE OF THE MALE DRIED BEAN BEETLE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)92450-0

Both enantiomers of methyl (E)-2,4,5,-tetradecatrienoate were synthesized with 125-127percent the rotatory power of the natural product which was isolated as the pheromone of Acanthoscelides obtectus.The absolute configuration of the levorotatory natural pheromone was confirmed to be R.