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SUBMITTER: Faraldos JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3863329 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Faraldos Juan A JA Coates Robert M RM Giner José-Luis JL
The Journal of organic chemistry 20131002 20
A concise preparation of the pheromone secreted by the male Colorado potato beetle [viz. (3S)-1,3-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-2-one] was accomplished in four steps starting from 2-fluoronerol or 2-fluorogeraniol. The key step in the synthesis involves a 6-endo epoxide ring-opening with ester participation that simultaneously inverts the 3R-configuration of the (3R)-2,3-epoxy-2-fluoroprenyl acetate intermediate and installs the ketone functionality of the semiochemical. Extensive NMR studies v ...[more]