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INSECT PHEROMONES AND THEIR ANALOGUES. XXXV. SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(-)-10-METHYLTRIDECAN-2-ONE - THE PHEROMONE OF Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Odinokov, V. N.,Kukovinets, O. S.,Kasradze, V. G.,Tsyglintseva, E. Yu.,Serebryakov, E. P.,Tolstikov, G. A.
, p. 106 - 109 (1992)
A scheme has been developed for the synthesis of (R)-(-)-10-methyltridecan-2-one, the sex pheromone of the southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) using as the chiral synthon (R)-(+)-methylheptenal obtained by the hydroperoxide oxidation of the readily available (S)-(+)-dihydromyrcene.
