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SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORMS OF METHYL (E)-2,4,5-TETRADECATRIENOATE, THE PHEROMONE OF THE MALE DRIED BEAN BEETLE
Mori, Kenji,Nukada, Tomoo,Ebata, Takahashi
, p. 1343 - 1347 (1981)
Both enantiomers of methyl (E)-2,4,5,-tetradecatrienoate were synthesized with 125-127percent the rotatory power of the natural product which was isolated as the pheromone of Acanthoscelides obtectus.The absolute configuration of the levorotatory natural pheromone was confirmed to be R.
