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A Formal and Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Serricornin, the Sex Pheromone of the Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne F.)
Fereira, J. Tercio B.,Marques, Jacqueline A.,Marino, J. P.
, p. 641 - 648 (1994)
A synthesis of (-)-Serricornin is described.The (4S,5S)-4-methyl-5-ethyl δ-valerolactone 8 has been synthesized with a high degree of enantioselectivity starting from (R)-(+)-(E)-1-propenyl p-tolylsulfoxide 2, having the enantioselective Marino's lactoniz
