Synthesis of Z,Z-Skipped Diene Macrolide Pheromones for Cryptolestes and Oryzaephilus Grain Beetles (Coleoptera Cucujidae)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00187a007

Three macrolide aggregation pheromones for Cryptolestes pusillus, Cryptolestes turcicus, and Oryzaephilus mercator were synthesized stereoselectively from acyclic precursors.The first, 13-methyl-(5Z,8Z)-tridecadienolide (I), is an aggregation pheromone for C. turcicus and had been tentatively identified previously in Phoracantha synonyma.The second, 11-methyl-(3Z,6Z)-undecadienolide (II), is an aggregation pheromone for O. mercator.The third, (3Z,6Z)-dodecadienolide (III) is an aggregation pheromone for O. mercator and is also slightly attractive to C. pusillus.The racemic and enantiomeric forms of I were synthesized.