STUDIES ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND SYNTHESES OF INSECT PHEROMONES XXI. STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF ALL THE POSSIBLE OPTICAL ISOMERS OF THE MOSQUITO OVIPOSITION ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98441-7

All the four optical isomers of the oviposition attractant pheromone of the mosquito Culex pipiens fatigans were synthetized via Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation.