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Pheromone synthesis, CXCIII. - Simple synthesis of (±)-stigmolone (8- hydroxy-2,5,8-trimethyl-4-nonanone), the pheromone of Stigmatella aurantiaca
Domon, Kenji,Mori, Kenji
, p. 979 - 980 (1999)
The racemic myxobacterial pheromone (±)-1 (stigmolone), which induces the formation of the fruiting body of Stigmatella aurantiaca, was synthesized from methyl isobutyl ketone (2) in 48% overall yield in four steps.
