Abstract
The pecan nut casebearer, Acrobasis nuxvorella (Neunzig),
is a significant pest of the pecan nut industry. Two alternative syntheses
of (9E ,11Z )-hexadeca-9,11-dienal,
the sex pheromone of the pecan nut casebearer, are described. The
key transformation in each sequence is an orthoester Claisen rearrangement.
Key Words
(9E ,11Z )-hexadeca-9,11-dienal - conjugated diene - Claisen rearrangement - pheromone - pecan nut casebearer -
Acrobasis
nuxvorella
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