Using an efficient Wacker oxidation as a key step, we describe a significantly improved synthesis of the dauer-promoting ascaroside 2 for biological studies of the novel sterol ring methylase STRM-1.
申请人:The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
公开号:US08318146B1
公开(公告)日:2012-11-27
A pheromonal compound produced by Caenorhabditis elegans has been identified as 5R-(3′-O-[β-D-glucosyl]-tetrahydro-3′R,5′R-dihydroxy-6′S-methyl-2H-pyran-2′R-yloxy)-2-hexanone. The novel compound, in combination with other ascarosides, elicit a synergistic signaling response from various adult male Caenorhabditis spp.