A New Synthesis of (Z)-6-Heneicosen-11-One and 2-Methylheptadecane

Abstract

The synthesis of the title pheromones involves solvomer-curation of an olefin and reductive carbon-carbon bond formation with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to give the key intermediates 3(a & b), which by simple conventional methods offered (1) & (2).