Abstract
(3 S,5 S,6 S)-Tetrahydro-6-isopropyl-3,5-dimethylpyran-2-one, a C5-epimer of a component of the natural sex pheromone of the wasp Macrocentrus grandii, the larval parasitoid of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, was synthesized starting from methyl l-valinate. The transformation includes a Kulinkovich cyclopropanation reaction, a cationic cyclopropyl-allyl rearrangement of cyclopropyl methanesulfonate, a diastereoselective alkylation of Oppolzer’s ( N-propionyl)-(2 R)-bornane-10,2-sultam and a diastereoselective hydrogenation using Wilkinson’s catalyst as the key steps.
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