Synthesis of Olefinic Epoxy Pheromones

Leucomalure [15, a mixture of (3Zy6R y7S y9R ylOS ) and (3Z,6i, 7S, 9S, 10i )-ns-6,7-ds-9,10-diepoxy-3-henicosene] is the female sex pheromone of the Satin moth (Leucoma salicis) [41]. Its racemic and diastereomeric mixture 

Synthesis of Non-lsoprenoidal Pheromone Alcohols and their Esters 

Four different syntheses were reported for the enantiomers of l-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1 -ol, a component of the aggregation pheromone of Dendrocton us pseudotsugae [47-50]. 

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