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A facile synthetic method for a cupreous chafer beetle sex pheromone (R,Z)-
(-)-5-(1-octenyl)oxacyclopenlan-2-one has been developed by employing lipas
e-catalyzed enantioselective acylation of racemic 4-hydroxy-5-dodecynonitri
le in an organic solvent.