H. Kiyota et K. Mori, SYNTHESIS OF (2S,4R,5S)-2,4,6-TRIMETHYL-5-HEPTANOLIDE, A SEX-PHEROMONE COMPONENT FOR MACROCENTRUS-GRANDII, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(6), 1994, pp. 1120-1122
(2S,4R,5S)-2,4,6-Trimethyl-5-heptanolide (1), a ses pheromone componen
t for Macrocentrus grandii, aas synthesized by starting from methyl (R
)-citronellate (2) and employing bromolactonization (10-->11) as the k
ey reaction.