名称:
Improved Synthesis and Deployment of (2S,3R)-2-(2Z,5Z-Octadienyl)-3-nonyloxirane, a Pheromone of the Pink Moth, Lymantria mathura
摘要:
We report two new syntheses of (2S,3R)-2-(2Z5Z-octadienyl)-3-nonyloxirane, the main sex pheromone component of the pink moth, Lymantria mathura. The key step in the first route was the construction of (Z,Z)-1-bromo-1,4-heptadiene (6), which was coupled in the final step with 2-iodomethyl-3-nonyloxirane 4 via a Grignard reaction. The second approach employed alkylation of 1,4-heptadiynyllithium with epoxy triflates 7 in ether/hexane and provided the pheromone in greater than or equal to37% overall yield from alcohol 2. The 4:1 ratio of pheromone enantiomers, reportedly the most attractive to pink moth males, can be directly crafted from appropriately selected Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation conditions.