Titanium-mediated formation of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropanols from esters and alkenes. A new approach to the synthesis of 3,11- dimethylnonacosan-2-one, a sex pheromone of the german cockroach

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00097-5

A convenient new approach to the synthesis of 3,11-dimethylnonacosan-2- one (1), a component of the sex pheromone of the German cockroach Blattella germanica, using base-induced ring opening of corresponding easily available 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropanols has been performed.