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SYNTHESIS OF HOMOFARNESENES: TRAIL PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF THE FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA
Alvarez, Francisco M.,vander Meer, Robert K.,Lofgren, Clifford S.
, p. 2897 - 2900 (1987)
The synthesis of four isomeric homofarnesenes, 3,4,7,11-tetramethyl-1,3,6,10-dodecatetraenes, is reported.The major synthetic step was the indirect formation of a tetra-substituted double bond through the acid catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of an appropriate vinyl carbinol.Two of these compounds, the Z,E- and E,E- isomers were identical to two naturally occuring homofarnesene components of the trail pheromone of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.
