Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Aggregation Pheromones (S)-2-methyl- 4-octanol and (4S, 2E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol

Title: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Aggregation Pheromones (S)-2-methyl- 4-octanol and (4S, 2E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol

Volume: 5 Issue: 1

Author(s): Francisco A. Marques, Ademir Zimmermann, Carlos E. Delay and Beatriz Helena L.N. Sales Maia

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Keywords: Aggregation pheromones, (S)-2-methyl-4-octanol, (4S, 2E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol, chemoenzymatic synthesis

Abstract: In this work we synthesized the aggregation pheromones (S)-2-methyl-4-octanol and (4S, 2E)-6-methyl-2- hepten-4-ol in high enantiomeric excess applying as the key step an enzymatic resolution of 5-methyl-1-hexyn-3-ol.

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Marques A. Francisco, Zimmermann Ademir, Delay E. Carlos and Maia Helena L.N. Sales Beatriz, Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Aggregation Pheromones (S)-2-methyl- 4-octanol and (4S, 2E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2008; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017808783330234