A CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF TRANS (OR CIS)-1-CHLOROALKENES FROM TRANS (OR CIS)-1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE: A NEW SYNTHESIS OF THE SEX PHEROMONE OF LOBESIA BOTRANA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(81)80085-8

Trans (or cis)-dichloroethylene leads to trans (or cis)-1-chloroalkanes when treated with Grignard reagents and to trans (or cis)-1-chloro-1-en-3-ynes when treated with terminal acetylenes.A symple synthesis of (7E, 9Z)-dodecadien-1-yl acetate has been realized.