Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Pheromones of South-Pacific Brown Algae: Hormosirene and Dictyopterene A

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19850680514

Hormosirene ((-)-1; (1R,2R)-1-((1E,3Z)-1,3-hexadienyl)-2-vinylcyclopropane) is the specific sex attractant of several brown algae of the Australian shelf, while dictyopterene A ((+)-2; (1R,2R)-1-((1E)-1-hexenyl)-2-vinylcyclopropane) is found as a minor co