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Synthesis of (6R,12R)-6,12-dimethylpentadecan-2-one, the female-produced sex pheromone from banded cucumber beetle diabrotica balteata, based on a chiron approach

Natural Product Communications (2015) 10(12) 2155-2160
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1501001236
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Herein we describe a synthesis of (6R,12R)-6,12-dimethylpentadecan-2-one (5), the female produced sex pheromone of banded cucumber beetle Diabrotica balteata Le Conte, from (R)-4-methyl-ä-valerolactone, a methyl-branched chiron.

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Shen, W., Hao, X., Shi, Y., & Tian, W. S. (2015). Synthesis of (6R,12R)-6,12-dimethylpentadecan-2-one, the female-produced sex pheromone from banded cucumber beetle diabrotica balteata, based on a chiron approach. Natural Product Communications, 10(12), 2155–2160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578x1501001236

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