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(5R,7R)-5-Methylheptadecan-7-ol: A novel sex pheromone component produced by a female lichen moth, Miltochrista calamina, in the family Arctiidae
Yamakawa, Rei,Kiyota, Ryutaro,Taguri, Tomonori,Ando, Tetsu
, p. 5808 - 5811 (2011)
A methyl-branched heptadecanol was found in the pheromone gland extract of a female lichen moth, Miltochrista calamina (Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). GC-MS analyses of the alcohol and a hydrocarbon derived from it by subsequent treatments with methanesulfonyl chloride and LiAlD4 in microscale reactions indicated 5-methylheptadecan-7-ol (1) as one possible structure. The four stereoisomers of 1 in a ratio of 4:4:1:1 were prepared from (S)-b-citronellol with 60% ee, and were separated by a combination of achiral and chiral HPLC columns. The absolute configuration of each isomer was determined by the comparison with the chromatographic behaviors of other samples synthesized by a different scheme, which applied the Jacobsen hydrolytic kinetic resolution of racemic 1,2-epoxydodecane to fix the configuration of the 7-hydroxy group. Only the (5R,7R)-isomer attracted male moths; thus, we concluded that M. calamina females secrete (5R,7R)-1 as a sex pheromone, indicating a new chemical class of lepidopteran female sex pheromones.
A New Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-14-Methyloctadec-1-ene, the Sex Pheromone of the Peach Leafminer Moth
Bai, Hongjin,Du, Zhen-Ting,He, Guo-Guo,Liu, Lu,Tang, Meng,Wei, Liang,Zhang, Tao
, p. 1089 - 1095 (2020/07/25)
Abstract: An asymmetric synthesis of 14-methyl-1-octadecene, the sex pheromone of thepeach leafminer moth has been achieved. Based on the asymmetric methylation ofchiral (S)-4-benzyloxazolidin-2-one, thecarbon chain of the target molecule was assembled through aC1+C10+C4+C3procedure. The γ-lactone was transformed into 4-(benzyloxy)butanoic acid andthen, with the induction of Evan’s template, a chiral methyl group wasintroduced to the position of the carboxylic group in 97percent de. After reduction and a couple of chemicaloperations, the designed key intermediate A1was obtained. The synthesis of another moiety was started from decane-1,10-diolwhich was selectively protected and oxidized. The long carbon chain wasinstalled according to a Wittig protocol. After deprotection, oxidization, andmethylenation, the target molecule was synthesized in 7 linear steps with anoverall yield of 30.3percent.
Pheromone synthesis. Part 256: Synthesis of the four stereoisomers of 5,11-dimethylpentacosane, a new sex pheromone component of the male Galleria mellonella (L.), with high stereochemical purities as determined by the derivatization-HPLC analysis of the eight stereoisomers of 5,11-dimethyl-8-pentacosanol
Mori, Kenji,Akasaka, Kazuaki
, p. 4102 - 4115 (2015/06/02)
Abstract All the four stereoisomers of 5,11-dimethylpentacosane (>96.8% purity) were synthesized via the stereoisomers of 5,11-dimethyl-8-pentacosanol, whose stereoisomeric compositions could be determined precisely by their low temperature HPLC analysis after derivatization. 5,11-Dimethyl-8-pentacosanol was prepared by a Grignard reaction between 3-methylheptylmagnesium bromide and 4-methyloctadecanal, both of which were prepared from the commercially available enantiomers of citronellal (97-98% ee). Alternatively, (R)-3-methyl-1-heptanol could be prepared from methyl (R)-3-hydroxybutanoate (100% ee). Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenation of a 5-methyl-1-alkene caused partial racemaization at C-5.
