Pheromone Synthesis, CXLV. Synthesis of the Enantiomers of Rhynchophorol [(E)-6-Methyl-2-hepten-4-ol], the Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone of the American Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum 

 -  Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 1992(11), p.1195-1198, 1992 .
<br/><br/> Both the enantiomers of rhynchophorol [(E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol (1)], the male-produced aggregation pheromone of the American palm weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum), have been synthesized by reducing their precursors, (R)- and (S)-6-methyl-2-heptyn-4-ol (2), which have been prepared by lipasemediated asymmetric hydrolysis of the corresponding acetate and propionate. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AMERICAN PALM WEEVIL<br/>LIPASES<br/>PHEROMONES<br/>RHYNCHOPHOROL<br/>RHYNCHOPHORUS PALMARUM<br/>ENZYMES