Synthesis of (Z,E)- and (Z,Z)-α-farnesenes and -homofarnesenes
- 31 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 2,p. 399-404
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19850000399
Abstract
The ant substance (Z,E)-α-farnesene and its isomer (Z,Z)-α-farnesene have been synthesized in an overall yield of 34% in six stages from methyl cyclopropyl ketone and 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one via a Wittig condensation. A mixture of the corresponding (Z,E)-α-homofarnesene of ants and its (Z,Z) isomer were prepared in much poorer yield by the same method and incompletely characterized. The isomeric identification of both insect materials were confirmed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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