General approach to synthesis of chiral branched hydrocarbons in high configurational purity
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 10 (5) , 771-781
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00988542
Abstract
Configurationally pure (>99.6%) α-methylalkanoic acids have been employed to prepare chiral hydrocarbon semiochemicals. The stereoisomers of the following compounds were synthesized: 13-methylhentriacontane, 15-methyltritriacontane, and 15,19-dimethyltritriacontane. The first compound was identified earlier as a kairomone of the corn earworm while the other two are sex excitants of the stable fly. The methods described have broad applicability in asymmetric synthesis.Keywords
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