Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1991, 56, 1916-1918
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19911916
Stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-7-octadecenyl isovalerate, a sex pheromone of Euproctis similis xanthocampa
Madan L. Sharma and Sadhana Verma
Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160 014, India
Abstract
I simple stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-7-octadecen-1-yl isovalerate (I), a sex pheromone of Euproctis similis xanthocampa has been achieved trough an unambiguous route. The isovalerate type of sex pheromones was discovered in Limantxiidase for the first time.
