INSECT PHEROMONES AND THEIR ANALOGUES XXXII. CHIRAL PHEROMONES BASED ON (S)-(+)-3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-1,6-DIENE. 1. SYNTHESIS OF (4R,8RS)-4,8-DIMETHYLDECANAL

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00636582

The synthesis of optically active (4R,8RS)-4,8-dimethyldecanal - the aggregation pheromone of the flour beetles Tribolium confusum and T. castaneum - has been effected.The starting compound was the readily available enantiomerically enriched (S)-(+)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-diene with an optical purity of ca. 50percent.