Insect pheromones and their analogs. XLIX. Synthesis of tridec-4-en-1-yl acetate — The sex pheromone ofKeiferia lycopersicella

Using the Claisen rearrangement at the stage of constructing the double bond, we have synthesized tridec-4Een-1 yl acetate, the sex pheromone of the tomato pinwormKeiferia lycopersicella.Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Bashkortostan; b) Scientific-Research Institute of Fine Organic Synthesis, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 490–493, May–June, 1995. Original article submitted November 9, 1994.