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- Title
Scalable synthesis of the pink gypsy moth Lymantria mathura sex pheromone (-)-mathuralure.
- Authors
Mowat, Jeffrey; Senior, James; Kang, Baldip; Britton, Robert
- Abstract
Mathuralure ( 1) is the major sex pheromone component of the pink gypsy moth Lymantria mathura, a potentially devastating invasive species to North America. To support population monitoring of this moth, a gram-scale synthesis of (-)-mathuralure ( 1) was developed. This process relies on coupling an alkynyl lithium species with a chloroepoxide and provides access to the natural product in a 10% yield over 10 steps.
- Subjects
NORTH America; LYMANTRIA dispar; LYMANTRIA; PHEROMONES; INTRODUCED species; ALKYLATION; EPOXY compounds; REARRANGEMENTS (Chemistry); CHEMICAL synthesis
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2013, Vol 91, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
0008-4042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjc-2012-0376