%0 Journal Article %J Tetrahedron Letters %D 2010 %T Enantiospecific synthesis of sex pheromone of the obscure mealybug from pantolactone via tandem conjugate addition/cyclization %A Hajare, Atul K. %A Datrange, Laxmikant S. %A Vyas, Samir %A Bhuniya, Debnath %A Reddy, D. Srinivasa %X An efficient synthesis of an enantiomer of insect's natural pheromone is reported starting from chiral pool D-(-)-pantolactone. Highly stereoselective tandem conjugate addition/cyclization sequence and hydrogenation of exocyclic double bond are the key steps in the present synthesis. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. %B Tetrahedron Letters %V 51 %P 5291-5293 %8 OCT %G eng %N 40 %3 Foreign %4 2.347 %R 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.07.166