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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 26, 1996 - Issue 1
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A Facile and Stereospecific Synthesis of (E)-8-Acetoxy-6-methyl-6-octen-2-one: A Key Intermediate for Lactone-Derived Sex Pheromones of the Mexican and Caribbean Fruit Fly1

Chang-Joo Lee USDA, ARS, PSI, ICEL, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
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Albert B. DeMilo USDA, ARS, PSI, ICEL, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
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Rolland M. Waters USDA, ARS, NRI, ECL, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
Pages 153-160 | Received 09 Jun 1995, Published online: 21 Aug 2006
 
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Abstract

(E)-8-Acetoxy-6-methyl-6-octen-2-one, a key intermediate for the male-produced sex pheromones of the Mexican and Caribbean fruit fly, was synthesized stereospecifically in five steps with an overall yield of 50%.

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