Insect pheromones and their analogs. LVIII. Synthesis of hexadeca-7Z,11E-dien-1-yl acetate — a component of the sex pheromones ofPectinophora gossypiella andSitotroga cerealella

A new synthesis of hexadeca-7Z,11E-dien-1-yl acetate — a component of the sex pheromones of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) and the Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella) — is proposed that is based on a thermal Claisen rearrangement.Scientific-Research Institute of Small-Tonnage Chemical Products and Reagents, Ufa, fax 8-(3472) 43 17 31. Ufa State Petrotechnical University. Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortistan, Ufa, fax-8(3472) 31 27 50. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 231–234, March–April, 1998.