Insect pheromones and their analogues. XLVI. Synthesis of 13RS-hydrooxytetradec-5Z-enoic acid — The acyclic precursor of the macrolide component of the pheromone of Cryptolestes pusillus

New routes for the synthesis of 13RS-hydroxytetradec-5Z-enoic acid — the acyclic precursor of the macrolide component of the pheromone ofCryptolestes pusillus have been developed on the basis of the readily accessible 1-methylcycloocta-1Z, 5Z-diene or isopropyl nona-3E,8-dienoate.Institute of Biological Plant Protection, Moldovian Academy of Sciences, Kishinev. Scientific-Research Institute of Forestry and Forestry Mechanization, Pushkino. Moscow Institute of Wood Technology; and Georgia Institute of Mountain Forestry, Tbilisi. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedeninii, No. 1, pp. 150–155, January–February, 1993.