Abstract
A convenient and simple method for the reduction of mono- and diatkylated tosylmethyl isocyanides with lithium in liquid ammonia to corresponding hydrocarbons is described. The utility of this methodology adopted in the synthesis of tricos-9Z-ene. (7g), a. sex pheromone of common house fly, (-)-1S.5R, 7S-exo-brevicomin (17), an antipode of sex pheromone of Western pine beetle and (4S,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-decanolide (L-factor, 19), a proposed autoregulator for leukaemomycin biosynthesis.
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