Tetrahedron Letters

(6Z, 9Z, 12Z)-6, 9, 12-Octadecatriene and (3Z, 6Z, 9Z, 12Z)-3, 6, 9, 12-icosatetraene, the novel sex pheromones produced by emerald moths

R Yamakawa, ND Do, Y Adachi, M Kinjo, T Ando

Index: Yamakawa, Rei; Do, Nguyen Duc; Adachi, Yasushi; Kinjo, Masakatsu; Ando, Tetsu Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 33 p. 4738 - 4740

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Abstract

(6Z, 9Z, 12Z)-6, 9, 12-Octadecatriene and (3Z, 6Z, 9Z, 12Z)-3, 6, 9, 12-icosatetraene, hydrocarbons unsaturated more highly than usual lepidopteran Type II pheromones, were identified from geometrid females of Hemithea tritonaria and Thalassodes immissaria intaminata, respectively. The triene was synthesized by a double Wittig reaction between hexanal and an ylide derived from (Z)-1, 6-diiodo-3-hexene, and the tetraene was ...