Hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of functionalised epoxides using (salen) Co (OAc) complexes provides enantiomerically enriched epoxides and diols, which have been transformed into important insect sex pheromones. In this general approach,(−)-(R)-and (+)- (S)-10-methyldodecyl acetates from the smaller tea tortrix moth were obtained, as was (−)- (R)-10-methyltridecan-2-one from the southern corn rootworm. The (S)-epoxide obtained ...
