Oraesia excavata

Z,9S,10 )-9,10-Epoxyhenicos-6-ene (13) is the female sex pheromone of moths such as ruby tiger moth (Phragmatobiafuliginosa), fruit-piercing moth (Oraesia excavata), and painted apple moth (Teia anartoides). Scheme 23 summarizes Shi s synthesis of 13 based on Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) [36]. Mori synthesized 13 employing lipase to prepare A (Scheme 24) [37]. Alkylation of the acetylide anion C was possible neither with tosylate nor with iodide, but triflate B could alkylate C to give D. 

Oraesia excavata d Z6,epo9-21 H 95,107 HPLC h racemate best [76]... 

S. (1991). Sex pheromone of the fruit-piercing moth, Oraesia excavata (Butler) (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) isolation and identification. Appl. Ent. Zool., 26, 55-62. 

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