Synthesis of the Sex Pheromone of the Oleander Scale ( Aspidiotus nerii).
Castañeda MM, Bargues JM, Primo J, Fuertes IN.
Castañeda MM, et al.
J Org Chem. 2019 Jul 5;84(13):8578-8588. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01001. Epub 2019 Jun 18.
J Org Chem. 2019.
PMID: 31244159
This new synthetic route, having a Blaise reaction, iron-catalyzed carbon-carbon coupling, and [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions as key steps, provides a general access to 4-alkyl lactones as well as a robust access to the target sex pheromone. Starting from readily available …
This new synthetic route, having a Blaise reaction, iron-catalyzed carbon-carbon coupling, and [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions as key s …