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Synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of hagen's-gland lactones in some parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

GC Paddon-Jones, CJ Moore, DJ Brecknell, WA König…

Index: Paddon-Jones, Gregory C.; Moore, Christopher J.; Brecknell, Douglas J.; Koenig, Wilfried A.; Kitching, William Tetrahedron Letters, 1997 , vol. 38, # 19 p. 3479 - 3482

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Abstract

Efficient syntheses and enantioselective gas chromatography have confirmed the structures and established the absolute stereochemistry of some novel bicyclic lactones ( tetrahydrofurofuranones) in species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The co- occurring γ-lactones, octan-4-olide and dodecan-4-olide, have the (R)-configuration.