SYNTHESIS OF BOTH ENANTIOMERS OF 15-HEXADECANOLIDE, A SEX-PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF THE STINK BUG, PIEZODORUS-HYBNERI

Authors
KUWAHARA S TSURUTA T LEAL WS KODAMA O
Citation
S. Kuwahara et al., SYNTHESIS OF BOTH ENANTIOMERS OF 15-HEXADECANOLIDE, A SEX-PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF THE STINK BUG, PIEZODORUS-HYBNERI, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 62(6), 1998, pp. 1261-1263
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
62
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1261 - 1263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1998)62:6<1261:SOBEO1>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Both enantiomers of 15-hexadecanolide, a sex pheromone component of th e stink bug (Piezodorus hybneri), were synthesized by using the Yamagu chi or Mitsunobu macrolactonization reaction of (R)-15-hydroxyhexadeca noic acid prepared from ethyl (R)-beta-hydroxybutyrate in 5 steps.