Asymmetric synthesis of the sex pheromone of the apple leafminer, Lyonetia prunifoliella

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Lyonetia prunifoliella is a significant pest in orchards and damages apple. The sex pheromones of this pest were prepared via a new and concise method. The central to our method were Evans' chiral auxiliaries, the addition of chiral Grignard reagent to aldehyde and Wittig coupling.

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