Insect pheromones and their analogues. XLV. Synthesis of mono-and dienic components of insect pheromones from isopropyl nona-3E,8-dienoate

Non-6E-en-l-ol, dodec-3E-en-l-yl acetate, and dodeca-7E, 9Z-dien-l-yl acetate, which are components of sex pheromomes of insects of the orderLepidoptera, have been synthesized from the readily accessible isopropyl nona-3E,8-dienoate.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedeninii, No. 1, pp. 145–150, January–February, 1993.