Gd. Gamalevich et Ep. Serebryakov, A CHEMICO-ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF ALL 4 STEREOISOMERS OF 1,6-DIMETHYLOCT-1-YL FORMATE, AN AGGREGATION PHEROMONE MIMIC FOR THE SMALLER FLOUR BEETLE, Mendeleev communications, (2), 1994, pp. 40-41
(2R,6R)-, (2R,6S)-, (2S,6R)- and (2S,6S)-2,6-dimethyloct-1-yl formates
have been prepared from S-(+)- and R-(-)-enantiomers of 3,7-dimethylo
cta-1,6-diene via enantioselective hydrolysis of (2R/S,6R)- and (2R/S,
6S)-2,6-dimethyloct-1-yl formates with porcine pancreatic lipase as th
e key step.