C. Gravierpelletier et al., SYNTHESIS OF (-)-MURICATACIN AND (-)-(5R,6S)-6-ACETOXY-5HEXADECANOLIDE, THE MOSQUITO OVIPOSITION ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE, FROM D-ISOASCORBIC ACID, Tetrahedron letters, 35(1), 1994, pp. 115-118
From D-isoascorbic acid, a general approach to enantiomerically pure h
ydroxy gamma-butyro and delta-valero lactones, (-)-Muricatacin and (-)
-(5R,6S)-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide, via a four carbon atoms bis-epoxi
de equivalent, is reported.