INSECT PHEROMONES AND THEIR ANALOGS. XIII. SYNTHESIS OF DODEC-8E-ENYL AND DODEC-8Z-ENYL ACETATES - COMPONENTS OF THE SEX PHEROMONES OF Grapholitha funebrana AND Grapholitha molesta

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00574216

A new route is proposed for the synthesis of dodec-8E-enyl and dodec-8Z-enyl acetates which is based on the reaction of the Grignard reagent from the readily accessible 1-bromo-5-(1-ethoxyethoxy)pentane with 1-bromohept-3-yne - the bromide obtained from product of the β-hydroxyethylation of pent-1-yne with 2-chloroethylvinyl ether, hept-3-yn-1-ol, by a double decomposition reaction of its tosylate with lithium bromide.The key synthon - dodec-8-yn-1-ol - was converted with the aid of sodium in liquid ammonia into the stereochemical individual dodec-8E-enol, while its reduction with the aid of 9-borabicyclo<3.3.1>nonane (BBN) gave the stereoisomeric alcohol exclusively with the Z configuration, as followed from the results of capillary GLC and the IR spectra of the corresponding acetates.The PMR spectra of the compounds synthesized are also given.