title: Synthesis of (R, Z)-7, 15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the Sex Pheromone of the Yellowish Elongate Chafer (Heptophylla picea).
abstract: (R, Z)-7,15-Hexadecadien-4-olide, the sex pheromone of the yellowish elongate chafer (Heptophylla picea), was synthesized from l-malic acid in 15 steps. The synthetic pheromone was identical with the natural product in its MS, IR, GLC retention time, and biological activity.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-03 , Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-03 , Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamade
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-03 , Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-03 , Japan.|b Laboratory of Chemical Prospecting, National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science , 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba-shi 305, Japan.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Agricultural Chemicals, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-03 , Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kodama
keywords: 7,15-hexadecadien-4-olide; Heptophylla picea; sex pheromone; yellowish elongate chafer