New Synthesis of Serricornin, the Female Sex Pheromone of the Cigarette Beetle

Ken FUJITA; Kenji MORI

doi:10.1271/bbb.65.1429

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451

Organic Chemistry

New Synthesis of Serricornin, the Female Sex Pheromone of the Cigarette Beetle

Ken FUJITA, Kenji MORI

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Keywords: asymmetric synthesis, cigarette beetle, pheromone, serricornin

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2001 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 1429-1433

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.1429

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Abstract

Serricornin [(4S,6S,7S)-7-hydroxy-4,6-dimethyl-3-nonanone], the female sex pheromone of Lasioderma serricorne, was synthesized by starting from (2S,4S)-2,4-dimethyl-1,5-pentanediol that had been obtained by lipase-catalyzed enantiomer separation of its racemate.

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