10-Undecenoic Acid, an Inexpensive Source for the Synthesis of the Pheromones of Cotton Pests, Peach Tree Borer and Cherry Tree Borer
The aldehyde 7, derived from 10-undecenoic acid (5) on cis-selective Wittig reaction with pentylidenetriphenylphosphorane, subsequent deprotection and oxidation gave the pheromone (11Z)-hexadecenal (1). Wittig-Horner olefination of 1 with the phosphonate 9 furnished the conjugated ester 10 which on...
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MDPI AG
1997-06-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/2/6/87/ |