Heteroatom Chemistry

A concise synthesis of sex pheromone of mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata via lithiated carbanion derived from enephosphoramide

T Krzysztof Olszewski, C Grison

Index: Olszewski, Tomasz Krzysztof; Grison, Claude Heteroatom Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 21, # 3 p. 139 - 147

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Abstract

Abstract A novel and versatile synthetic approach to the preparation of (E)-non-6-en-1-ol, a sex pheromone of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is presented. This pheromone can be viewed as potential active component for lures designed to control and eradication of Mediterranean fruit fly. The described protocol is a six-step reaction sequence producing the desired compound with 28% overall yield from commercially available and ...