Efficient Synthesis of (±)-4-Methyloctanoic Acid, Aggregation Pheromone of Rhinoceros Beetles of the Genus Oryctes (Coleoptera: Dynastidae, Scarabaeidae)
2007
Ragoussis, V. | Giannikopoulos, A. | Skoka, E. | Grivas, P.
(±)-4-Methyloctanoic acid and its ethyl ester are aggregation pheromones of many rhinoceros beetles of the genus Oryctes and are investigated for the control of these pests by olfactory trapping. A simple, economical, and high-yield (>50%) synthesis of (±)-4-methyloctanoic acid and its ethyl ester is presented starting from n-hexanal. The key step in this sequence is an orthoester Claisen rearrangement for the elongation of the carbon chain by two.
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