Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 2012-01-01

Synthesis of all the stereoisomers of 6-methyl-2-octadecanone, 14-methyl-2-octadecanone, and 6,14-dimethyl-2-octadecanone, sex pheromone components of the Lyclene dharma dharma moth, from the enantiomers of citronellal.

Yasumasa Shikichi, Kenji Mori

Index: Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 76(10) , 1943-51, (2012)

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Abstract

The enantiomers of citronellal were converted to all the stereoisomers of 6-methyl-2-octadecanone, 14-methyl-2-octadecanone, and 6,14-dimethyl-2-octadecanone, the female-produced sex pheromone components of the Lyclene dharma dharma moth. Three well-established procedures, the Wittig reaction, alkylation of alkynes, and acetoacetic ester synthesis, were employed for the carbon-carbon bond formation to connect the building blocks.

Related Compounds

  • Citronellal
  • (-)-citronellal
  • (+)-Citronellal

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