A short stereoselective synthesis of (+)-cis-planococcyl acetate, sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso)

Joel L. Wolk, Zeev Goldschmidt, Ezra Dunkelblum

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Abstract

The sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso), (+)-(1R)-cis-2,2-dimethyl-3-isopropenylcyclobutanemethanol acetate [(+)-cis-planococcyl acetate], is synthesized in four steps from (+)-α-pinene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-348
Number of pages2
JournalSynthesis (Germany)
Volume1986
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 1986 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved.

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Council for Research and Development and of the Israel National Academy of Sciences.

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Israel National Academy of Sciences
National Council for Research and Development

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