作者:Dimitris Kalaitzakis、Spiros Kambourakis、David J. Rozzell、Ioulia Smonou
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2007.10.008
日期:2007.10
The aggregation pheromone of the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius, (2S,3R)-1-ethylpropyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoate, has been synthesized in 63% total isolated yield and high chemical and enantiomeric purity (98% de, > 99% ee) from readily available methyl 3-oxopentanoate. A stereoselective ketone reduction followed by an ester hydrolysis, were the two key steps of the synthesis and were both performed by commercially available enzymes. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.