MICROSCALE, RANDOM REDUCTION - APPLICATION TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF(3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIENYL ACETATE, A NEW LEPIDOPTERAN SEX-PHEROMONE

Authors
ATTYGALLE AB JHAM GN SVATOS A FRIGHETTO RTS MEINWALD J VILELA EF FERRARA FA UCHOAFERNANDES MA
Citation
Ab. Attygalle et al., MICROSCALE, RANDOM REDUCTION - APPLICATION TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF(3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIENYL ACETATE, A NEW LEPIDOPTERAN SEX-PHEROMONE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(31), 1995, pp. 5471-5474
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
36
Issue
31
Year of publication
1995
Pages
5471 - 5474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1995)36:31<5471:MRR-AT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The major sex attractant released by Scrobipalpuloides absoluta, a dev astating tomato pest, was identified as (3E,8Z, 11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecat rienyl acetate by a novel strategy involving the random reduction of d ouble bonds. The technique is applicable to double bond localization o f polyunsaturated compounds available even in nanogram quantities. The triene ester was synthesized by a stereospecific procedure and shown to be highly attractive to conspecific males and identical to the natu ral substance.