S)-2-Acetoxyltridecane, which is the aggregation pheromone of Drosophila Mulleric and the sex pheromone component of the pea midge (Contarinia pisi), was synthesized from ethyl acetoacetate by enzymatic reduction with...
(Z)-3-dodecen-1-yl(E)-2-butenoate was synthesized starting from acetylene. The key feature of this approach is use of ethylene diamine in the reaction of acetylene and sodium amide for synthesizing 1-decyne. This reac...