SYNTHESIS OF THE ENANTIOMERS OF 1,7-DIOXASPIROUNDECANE, 4-HYDROXY-1,7-DIOXASPIROUNDECANE AND 3-HYDROXY-1,7-DIOXASPIROUNDECANE, THE COMPONENTS OF THE OLIVE FRUIT FLY PHEROMONE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)91385-7

All of the enantiomers of the title compounds, the components of the pheromone of the olive fruit fly (Dacus oleae Gmelin), were synthesized from (S)-malic acid.