Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.12, 1478-1479, 2007
Synthetic approach towards the sex pheromone of the female oleander scale Aspidiotus nerii
We report a synthetic approach to the sex pheromone of the female oleander scale Aspidiotus nerii using our Lewis acid promoted [2 + 2] cycloaddition of allylsilanes in combination with the modified Fleming-Tamao oxidation.