Both enantiomers of 15-hexadecanolide, a sex pheromone component of the stink bug (Piezodorus hybneri), were synthesized by using the Yamaguchi or Mitsunobu macrolactonization reaction of (R)-15-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid prepared from ethyl (R)-β-hydroxybutyrate in 5 steps.
通过对 (R)-β-hydroxybutyrate
乙酯制备的 (R)-15-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid((R)-15-
羟基十六烷酸)进行山口或 Mitsunobu 大内酯化反应,分 5 个步骤合成了臭虫(Piezodorus hybneri)性信息素成分 15-
十六烷内酯的两种对映体。