S. Nakajima et al., SYNTHESIS OF 13-OXO-(Z)-9-OCTADECENOIC ACID AND 15-OXO-(Z)-11-ICOSENOIC ACID, ARRESTANTS OF ORYZAEPHILUS-SURINAMENSIS L, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 61(3), 1997, pp. 551-552
Two arrestants of the sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamens
is L.), 13-oxo-(Z)-9-octadecenoic acid and 15-oxo-(Z)-11-icosenoic aci
d, were synthesized for the first time by utilizing a Z-selective Witt
ig reaction.