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SYNTHESIS OF ALL FOUR POSSIBLE ENANTIOMERS OF SITOPHILATE AGGREGATION PHEROMONE OF THE GRANARY WEEVIL
Cheskis, B. A.,Shpiro, N. A.,Moiseenkov, A. M.
, p. 2205 - 2211 (2007/10/02)
An efficient synthesis of the 3-pentyl ester of 2S-methyl-3R-hydroxypentanoic acid (sitophilate) and its 2S,3S-, 2R,3R-, and 2R,3S-isomers has been carried out starting from the available 2R-methyl-3-butenyl acetate as sole monochiral precursor.
