The asymmetric synthesis of (+)-sitophilure, the natural form of the aggregation pheromone of Sitophilus oryzae L. and Sitophilus zeamais M.
The asymmetric synthesis of (+)-sitophilure, the aggregation pheromone of Sitophilus oryzae L. and Sitophilus zeamais M., was carried out in 12 steps, 18% overall yield and 82% enantiomeric excess from the enzymatic reduction of methyl 3-oxopentanoate with S. cerevisiae in the presence of ethyl chlo...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
1999-01-01
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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=S0103-50531999000500005 |