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Concise synthesis of a racemic and diastereomeric mixture of the sex pheromones of Matsucoccus pine scales
Watanabe, Hidenori,Watanabe, Takeru,Kitahara, Takeshi,Mori, Kenji
, p. 127 - 130 (1997)
A short (3-5 steps) synthesis of a racemic and diastereomeric mixture of Matsucoccus sex pheromones (1-3) is described. The key reaction is Lewis acid-mediated cyanation of symmetric tertiary alcohol 6 to afford common intermediate 7.
