BAKER'S YEAST HYDROGENATION OF CARBONYL ACTIVATED DOUBLE BONDS. ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE (S) -FORM OF THE DIHYDROTERPENEDIOL SECRETED BY DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS AND OF A PHEROMONE OF CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS L.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1985.1395

The (S)- forms of (E)-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene-1,8-diol (secreted by male danaid butterflies) and of (E)-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene-1,8-dioic acid (a pheromone of the azuki bean weevil) were synthesized via stereoselective hydrogenation by baker's yeast of the carbonyl activated double bond of achiral precursors.