ENANTIOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF (+)-ERYTHRO-(5S,6R)-6-ACETOXY-5-HEXADECANOLIDE, AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF A MOSQUITO OVIPOSITION ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1983.1835

(+)-Erythro-(5S,6R)-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide, an optically active form of the major component of an oviposition attractant pheromone of a mosquito Culex pipiens fatigans, was synthesized enantiospecifically from (+)-(R,R)-diethyl tartrate.