The key step in the preparation of racemic (Z)-14-heptadecen-4-olide (VIa) and (Z)-11-pentadecen-4-olide (VIb), sex pheromone analogues of Ostrinia nubilalis and Cydia molesta, was efficient cross-coupling reaction of 3-methoxycarbonylpropanoyl chloride with corresponding (Z)-alkenylmagnesium bromides. The methyl 4-oxo-(Z)-14-heptadecenoate (Va) and methyl 4-oxo-(Z)-11-pentadecenoate (Vb) prepared in this way were converted by one-pot reaction using sodium borohydride in an ethanolic solution to the required (Z)-alken-4-olides (VIa, VIb).
在制备(
Z)-14-庚烯-4-酮内酯(
VIa)和(Z)-11-
戊烯-4-酮内酯(VIb),即玉米螟和桃小食蛾的性信息素类似物的关键步骤是3-甲氧羰基
丙酰氯与相应的(
Z)-烯基
溴化镁的高效交叉偶联反应。通过这种方法制备的甲基4-氧代-(
Z)-14-
庚烯酸酯(
Va)和甲基4-氧代-(
Z)-11-
戊烯酸酯(
Vb)通过
乙醇溶液中的
硼氢化钠的一锅法反应转化为所需的(
Z)-烯-4-酮内酯(
VIa,
VIb)。