Issue 8, 1978

A rapid and convenient synthesis of the sex pheromone of the Douglas fir lepidoptera Orgyia pseudotsugata

Abstract

(Z)-Heneicos-6-en-11-one (5) has been synthesized in four steps from 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran, with an overall yield of 51%. The key step, a Wittig reaction, was found to be practically stereospecific (>98%).

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1978, 842-844

A rapid and convenient synthesis of the sex pheromone of the Douglas fir lepidoptera Orgyia pseudotsugata

M. Fetizon and C. Lazare, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1978, 842 DOI: 10.1039/P19780000842

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