title: An Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-Disparlure.
abstract: Synthesis of (+)-disparlure, 1, the sex pheromone of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), commenced from cis-vinyl epoxide 4 which was prepared by our asymmetric chloroallylboration in 99% de and 94% ee. Hydroboration of 4 using dicyclohexylborane in THF, followed by sodium perborate oxidation gave a crystalline cis-3,4-epoxy alcohol 3 whose enantiomeric purity was enhanced by recrystallization. Conversion of 3 to (+)-disparlure was via alkylation of the tosylate. (+)-Disparlure was produced in four steps with an overall yield of 27% and >/=99.5% ee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.
authors.forename: Shaojing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Seetharaman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayaraman
authors.forename: Allan C.
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Oehlschlager