A Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Sex Pheromone of Lasioderma serricorne F.
A short and efficient preparation of enantiomerically enriched (80% ee) (-)-serricornine (1), the sex pheromone of the cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne F., was developed in 8 steps and 13% overall yield from methyl (R)-3-hydroxypentanoate readily prepared by baker's yeast reduction of met...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
1998-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50531998000600009 |