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Chemistry for Sustainable Development

2012 year, number 6

(S)–(+)–Dihydromyrcene in the Directed Synthesis of Insect Pheromones

O. S. KUKOVINETS1, V. G. KASRADZE2, V. N. ODINOKOV3 and G. A. TOLSTIKOV4
1 Bashkiria State University,
Ul. Zaki-Validi 32, Ufa 450074 (Russia)
E-mail: kukovinets@mail.ru
2 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ufa Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pr. Oktyabrya 71, Ufa 450054 (Russia)
E-mail: kasradzevg@anrb.ru
3 Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Ufa Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pr. Oktyabrya 141, Ufa 450075 (Russia)
4 Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pr. Akademika Lavrentyeva 9, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russia)
Keywords: (S)-(+)-dihydromyrcene, pheromones, oxidation, ozonolysis
Pages: 679–681

Abstract

Via the selective oxidative transformations of double bonds in (+)-(3S)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-diene (dihydromyrcene), the main thermolysis product of (+)-cis-pinane, efficient schemes are developed for the synthesis of a number of optically active insect pheromones.