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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem

Title:		"Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of 15-Hexadecanolide, a Sex Pheromone Component of the Stink Bug, Piezodorus hybneri"
Author(s):		Kuwahara S; Tsuruta T; Leal WS; Kodama O;
Address:		"a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University. b Laboratory of Chemical Prospecting, National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science"
Journal Title:		Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
Year:		1998
Volume:		62
Issue:		6
Page Number:		1261 - 1263
DOI:		10.1271/bbb.62.1261
ISSN/ISBN:		0916-8451 (Print) 0916-8451 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Both enantiomers of 15-hexadecanolide, a sex pheromone component of the stink bug (Piezodorus hybneri), were synthesized by using the Yamaguchi or Mitsunobu macrolactonization reaction of (R)-15-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid prepared from ethyl (R)-beta-hydroxybutyrate in 5 steps"
Keywords:		15-hexadecanolide Piezodorus hybneri macrolactonization sex pheromone stink bug;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKuwahara, S Tsuruta, T Leal, W S Kodama, O eng England 1998/01/01 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1998; 62(6):1261-3. doi: 10.1271/bbb.62.1261"