Title: | "New synthesis of (11Z,13Z)-11,13-hexadecadienal, the female sex pheromone of the navel orangeworm" |
Address: | "Photosensitive Materials Research Center, Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd., Inba-gun, Chiba, Japan. kjk-mori@arion.ocn.ne.jp" |
Journal Title: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1347-6947 (Electronic) 0916-8451 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "(11Z,13Z)-11,13-hexadecadienal, the female sex pheromone of the navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella), was synthesized from commercially available 10-bromo-1-decanol in a 27% overall yield (8 steps). The synthesis was achieved by using 10-iododecanal, trimethylsilylacetylene and (Z)-1-bromo-1-butene as the key building blocks, employing Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling and Brown's hydroboration-protonolysis as the key reactions. The terminal formyl group was installed in the earlier stage of the synthesis rather than in the final step. This procedure enabled the multi-gram-scale preparation of this economically important pheromone" |
Keywords: | Aldehydes/*chemical synthesis/chemistry Animals Female Lepidoptera/*chemistry Sex Attractants/*chemical synthesis/chemistry; |
Notes: | "MedlineMori, Kenji eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2009/12/08 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009 Dec; 73(12):2727-30. doi: 10.1271/bbb.90611. Epub 2009 Dec 7" |