Synthesis of 3,11-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone, a sex pheromone of the German cockroach
β Scribed by Schwarz, Meyer; Oliver, James E.; Sonnet, Philip E.
- Book ID
- 126051785
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3263
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From the cuticular wax of sexually mature females of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica), Fukami and coworkers isolated 3,11-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone (L) as the sex pheromone which elicited typical courting behavior in males inclucing wing-raising. 2 A number of syntheses were reported yieldin
## Abstract (3__S__,11__S__)β3,11βDimethylβ2βheptacosanone (1), a new and the fourth component of the female sex pheromone of __Blattella germanica__, was synthesized by starting from ethyl (__R__)β3βhydroxybutanoate (2) and (__R__)βcitronellol (3).