Synthesis of ( – )-Invictolide, the Pheromone Component of the Red Imported Fire Ant
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 51 (5), 1379-1384
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1987.10868189
Abstract
( – )-Invictolide [(3R,5R,6S,1′R)-3,5-dimethyl-6-(1′-methylbutyl)-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one] was synthesized in 16 steps from 2-methylpentanal.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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