Synthesis of (R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer (Heptophylla picea)

Shigefumi KUWAHARA; Shiharu HAMADE; Yukari YOSHINAGA; Walter Soares LEAL; Osamu KODAMA

doi:10.1271/bbb.61.1696

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

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

Synthesis of (R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer (Heptophylla picea)

Shigefumi KUWAHARA, Shiharu HAMADE, Yukari YOSHINAGA, Walter Soares LEAL, Osamu KODAMA

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Keywords: sex pheromone, yellowish elongate chafer, Heptophylla picea, 7, 15-hexadecadien-4-olide

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1997 Volume 61 Issue 10 Pages 1696-1698

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.61.1696

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Abstract

(R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the sex pheromone of the yellowish elongate chafer (Heptophylla picea), was synthesized from L-malic acid in 15 steps. The synthetic pheromone was identical with the natural product in its MS, IR, GLC retention time, and biological activity.

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