Synthesis 1991; 1991(12): 1125-1129
DOI: 10.1055/s-1991-28403
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Pheromone Synthesis; CXXXIII.1 Synthesis of Both the Enantiomers of (3Z,9Z)-cis-6,7-Epoxy-3,9-nonadecadiene, a Pheromone Component of Erannis defoliaria

Kenji Mori* , Jean-Luc Brevet
  • *Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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29 April 2002 (online)

Both the enantiomers of (3Z,9Z)-cis-6,7-epoxy-3, 9-nonadecadiene, a pheromone component of Erannis defoliaria, were synthesized using the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation as the key step.