Ac. Cunat et al., SYNTHETIC STUDIES TOWARDS THE CLERODANE INSECT ANTIFEEDANT JODRELLIN-A - PREPARATION OF A POLYCYCLIC MODEL-COMPOUND WITH ANTIFEEDANT ACTIVITY, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (7), 1996, pp. 611-620
Synthetic studies towards the insect antifeedant jodrellin A 1a are re
ported. This work delineates a synthetic strategy that affords a polyc
yclic epoxy diacetate model compound 2 which contains most of the stru
ctural features found in the natural product. This material was also s
hown to possess mild insect antifeedant activity against Spodoptera li
ttoralis.