Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1990, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (6): 600.

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The stereoselective Synthesis of Insect Sex Pheromone of Z- and E-Alken-1-yl Acetates via Organoboranes

Zhao Dejie, Lu Kui, Xu Yuexing, Zhang Guomjn   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan.
  • Received:1988-11-29 Online:1990-06-24 Published:1990-06-24

Abstract: The hydroborating agnet, monobromoborane-dimethyl sulfide(H2BBr · SMe2) 2b, was prepared from the reaction of borane-dimethyl sulfide(H3B · SMe2) with carbon tetrabromide in the molar ratio 1 : 1 at 60℃ for 20 h. Some insect sex pheromones with Z- and E-7-alken-l-yl acetate have been prepared by Zweifel's cis- and trans-olefine synthesis. Monohaloborane-dimethyl sulfide(H2BX · SMe2,X = Cl,Br) 2 hydroborates terminal alkenes rapidly and quantitatively to give dialkylhalobo-ranes 3 at room temperature. Dialkylboranes 4, prepared in situ via reduction of 3 with LiAlH4, hy-droborate 2-(7-octyn-l-yloxy-)tetrahydropryan 5 and 2-(8-bromo-7-octyl-1-yloxy-)tetrahydropy-ran 6 to provide B-(trans-1-alkenyl)dialkylboranes 7 and B-(cis-1-bromo-1-alkenyl)dialkylboranes 10 respectively. Treatment of 7 with iodine in the sodium methoxide at -78℃ forms the corresponding cis-disubstituted alkenes 8, followed by the acetylation to give Z-7-alken-1-yl acetates 9. Treatment of 10 with sodium methoxide at 0℃ provides B- (trans-1-alkyl-1-alkenyDalkylborinate esters 11, which on protonalysis produce the E-7-alken-l-yl acetate 12, followed by the usual way to provide E-7-alken-1-ols 13.

Key words: Stereoselective synthesis, Sex pheromones, Organoboranes, Z-, E-7-alken-1-yl acetate

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