An Expedient Synthesis of the Sugarcane Borer Pheromone Components
A practical synthesis of the title compounds has been developed. The salient features of the synthesis were i) use of easily accessible starting materials viz. aleuritic acid, 10-undecenoic acid, cyclohexanone etc. and ii) fixation of the required olefinic geometry via Wittig and acetylenic routes.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
1998-02-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/3/2/35/ |