Insect phermones and their analogues XXXVIII. Synthesis of (±)-3-methylheneicosan-2-one and (±)-2-acetoxy-3,7-dimethylpentadecane using the reductive β-vinylation of α-olefins

Schemes are proposed for the synthesis of (±)-3-methylheneicosan-2-one and (±)-2-acetoxy-3,7-dimethylpentadecane — racemic analogues of the sex pheromones of the common cockroach (Blatella germanica) and of plane sawflies of the generaDiprion andNeodiprion, respectively, using the reductive β-vinylation of α-olefins. Institute of Chemistry of the Bashkir Scientific Center, Urals Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 567–571, September–October, 1992.