Canadian journal of chemistry

Short synthesis of 1, 3 Z, 6 Z, 9 Z-tetraene hydrocarbons. Lepidopteran sex attractants

JG Millar, EW Underhill

Index: Millar, Jocelyn G.; Underhill, Edward W. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1986 , vol. 64, p. 2427 - 2430

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Citation Number: 26

Abstract

A short, convergent synthesis of 1, 3 Z, 6 Z, 9 Z-tetraene hydrocarbons was developed. A key step was the regioselective alkylation of 1, 5-dibromo-2-pentyne. The method was used to synthesize tetraenes of chain lengths C18-C20, to be used in field trials as sex attractants and (or) inhibitors of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata L., and the Bruce span worm O. bruceata H.(Lepidoptera: Geometridae).