Facile and efficient syntheses of (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene and homologues: Pheromone and attractant components of lepidoptera

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6929-6932

  Wang, Shifa ^a,b   Zhang, Aijun ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Alkenyl triflate; Cross coupling reaction; Grignard reagents; Homoconjugated triene; Pheromone; Sex attractant

Indexed keywords

(3Z,6Z,9Z) 3,6,9 NONADECATRIENE; (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-NONADECATRIENE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; LINOLENIC ACID; PHEROMONE; POLYENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LEPIDOPTERA; SYNTHESIS;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHEROMONES; POLYENES;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34548316473     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf070821o     Document Type: Article

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