A general method for the synthesis of nonracemic trans-epoxides: Concise syntheses of trans-epoxide-containing insect sex pheromones

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5083-5086

  Kang, Baldip ^a   Britton, Robert ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(6Z,9Z,11S,512S) 11,12 EPOXYHENICOSA 6,9 DIENE; (6Z,9Z,11S,512S)-11,12-EPOXYHENICOSA-6,9-DIENE; (6Z,9Z,4S,5S) 4,5 EPOXYNONADECA 6,9 DIENE; (6Z,9Z,4S,5S)-4,5-EPOXYNONADECA-6,9-DIENE; ALDEHYDE; EPOXIDE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 36849010691     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702273n     Document Type: Article

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55. Field-studies will be carried out by the Forest Research Institute in Eberswalde, Germany. The results of these studies will be published in due course.