Syntheses of Z-olefin-containing lepidopteran insect pheromones

US8987531B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · US

Inventors

• Robert H. Grubbs · La Cañada Flintridge, US
• Myles Benton Herbert · Pasadena, US
• Zachary K. Wickens · Pasadena, US
• Vanessa M. Marx · Pasadena, US
• Benjamin K. Keitz · Austin, US
• Koji Endo · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C67/343
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to methods of synthesizing insect pheromones, particularly lepidopteran insect pheromones, their precursors and derivatives from inexpensive, readily available starting materials using olefin metathesis catalysis.