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Synthesis of (-)-periplanone-B, a sex pheromone component of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Kuwahara,Mori
, p. 8075 - 8082 (1990)
The naturally occurring (-)-enantiomer of periplanone-B was synthesized stereoselectively starting from (S)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid. The crystalline pheromone was obtained in 12% overall yield through 18 steps.
