PHEROMONE SYNTHESIS .177. SYNTHESIS OF THE ENANTIOMERS OF 2-METHYL-4-HEPTANOL AND 2-METHYL-OCTANOL, THE PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF THE WEST-INDIAN SUGARCANE BORER

Authors
TAKENAKA M TAKIKAWA H MORI K
Citation
M. Takenaka et al., PHEROMONE SYNTHESIS .177. SYNTHESIS OF THE ENANTIOMERS OF 2-METHYL-4-HEPTANOL AND 2-METHYL-OCTANOL, THE PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF THE WEST-INDIAN SUGARCANE BORER, Liebigs Annalen, (12), 1996, pp. 1963-1964
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Liebigs Annalen → ACNP
ISSN journal
09473440
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1963 - 1964
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-3440(1996):12<1963:PS.SOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Both the enantiomers of 2-methyl-4-heptanol (1) and 2-methyl-4-octanol (2), the components of the male-produced aggregation pheromone of the West Indian sugarcane borer (Metamasius hemipterus), were synthesized by starting from the enantiomers of leucine.