S. Narasimhan et H. Mohan, A NEW METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF (Z)-9-HEXADECEN-1-AL, AN IMPORTANT PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF HELIOTHIS-ARMIGERA AND MANY OTHER PESTS, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 34(11), 1995, pp. 950-953
A simple and convenient synthesis of (Z)-9-Hexadecen-1-al (1), an impo
rtant sex pheromone component of Heliothis armigera, has been achieved
from the cheap and readily available 10-undecenoic acid (2).