Stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-7-octadecenyl isovalerate, a sex pheromone of Euproctis similis xanthocampa

ML Sharma, S Verma

Index: Sharma, Madan L.; Verma, Sadhana Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1991 , vol. 56, # 9 p. 1916 - 1918

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Abstract

Abstract I simple stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-7-octadecen-1-yl isovalerate (I), a sex pheromone of Euproctis similis xanthocampa has been achieved trough an unambiguous route. The isovalerate type of sex pheromones was discovered in Limantxiidase for the first time.