Sesquiterpene epoxides and process for their preparation

US4981981A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey R. Aldrich · Burton, US
• James Oliver · Alabaster, US
• Kyriacos C. Nicolaou · Philadelphia, US
• Brian E. Marron · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 1988
• Grant date: Jan 1, 1991
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D303/32
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The novel sesquiterpene epoxides trans-(Z)-1-methyl-4-(1,5-dimethyl-1,4-hexadienyl)-1,2-epoxycyclohexane and cis-(z)-1-methyl-4-(1,5-dimethyl-1,4-hexadienyl)-1,2-expoxycyclohexane have been isolated from N. viridula adult males, and have been successfully synthesized. The compounds are useful for the production of synthetic sex attractants for N. viridula and its parasitoids.